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Personal info

Full name
NELSON, Rudolph Wilfred Jr
Date of birth
19 May 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Lewistown, Fergus County, Montana
Hometown
Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31355571
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 October 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 1 29

Immediate family

Members
Rudolph W. Nelson (father)
Harriet (Tolman) Nelson (mother)
John Nelson (brother)
Thomas Nelson (brother)

More information

Sgt Rudolph W. Nelson Jr. worked in an aircraft factory before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 10 May 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. Social Security Death Index, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / WWII History of Manchester, Connecticut