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Personal info

Full name
TONEGATES, Nelson
Date of birth
24 December 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Fort Duchesne, Whiterock, Uintah County, Utah
Hometown
Uintah County, Utah
Ethnicity
Native American

Military service

Service number
39912312
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 September 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 7 49

Immediate family

Members
Carter L. Tonegates (father)
Edith Tonegates (mother)
Edith Tonegates (sister)

More information

Nelson Tonegates enlisted in Salt Lake City, Utah on 02 April 1943. He was a member of the Ute tribe.

Was killed by shrapnel in his neck.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal a first time for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in connection with military operations against the enemy on 28 August 1944. He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously a second time for previous actions on 6 June 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, WWIIMemorial.com, NARA, The Roosevelt Standard

Photo source: Danny Dohmen, Uintah County Library