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Personal info

Full name
ROSS, Nelson Stewart
Date of birth
15 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Charlemont, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31299790
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
Near Monschau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 13 15

Immediate family

Members
Nelson B. Ross (father)
Anna T. Ross (mother)
Anna B. Ross (sister)

More information

Pfc Nelson S. Ross worked in the fabrication of metal products before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 26 February 1943.

Pfc Nelson S. Ross was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

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 / 1930 Census, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet