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Personal info

Full name
NIELSON, Glenn Dale
Date of birth
25 March 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Big Springs, Deuel County, Nebraska
Hometown
Marion County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39341806
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
The woods between Hünningen, Belgium and Ramscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 9 6

Immediate family

Members
Niels C. Nielson (father)
Lillian G. (Polley) Nielson (mother)
Aurelius A. Nielson (brother)
Inez A. Nielson (sister)
Irene Nielson (sister)
Iona KI. Nielson (sister)
Rosetta A. Nielson (sister)
Bernice I. Nielson (sister)
Marie M. (Dick) Nielson (wife)
William Nielson (son)

More information

Glenn D. Nielson was first married to Naomi and they had a son William who was born in Nebraska in 1939. A few years later they were divorced and Glenn Nielson married Marie M. Dick on 16 November 1943 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington.

Cpl Glenn D. Nielson enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 14 November 1943.

He was a motor vehicle mechanic before he enlisted.


Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, 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 / Family Tree / 1930 Census / Marriage Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet