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Personal info

Full name
NEILSON, John Joseph
Date of birth
31 March 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York
Hometown
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York

Military service

Service number
42114941
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 38 1

Immediate family

Members
Edmund W. Neilson (father)
Florence K. (Durrah) Neilson (mother)
Edmund W. Neilson Jr. (brother)
Joseph A. Neilson (brother)
Francis A. Neilson (brother)
Lila M. Neilson (sister)
Donald Neilson (brother)
Rita E. (Eriksen) Neilson (wife)
Anna C. Neilson (daughter)
Florence M. Neilson (daughter)
Sally J. Neilson (daughter)
John C. Neilson (son)
Gerald T. Neilson (son)

More information

Pvt John J. Neilson attended high school for four years and was a bookkeeper and cashier before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 8 April 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Neilson Soulier Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - John Neilson