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Personal info

Full name
NELSON, Clarence Holger
Date of birth
2 December 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
East Side Township, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota
Hometown
Isle, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37268935
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
Cook
Unit
17th Field Artillery Observation Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Rocherath, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 2 48

Immediate family

Members
Peter A. Nelson (father)
Anna M. (Lindstrom) Nelson (mother)
Eveline M. Nelson (sister)
Donald M. Nelson (brother)
Palmer O. Nelson (brother)
Enoch N. Nelson (brother)
Gladys L. Nelson (sister)
William L. Nelson (brother)
Walter L. Nelson (brother)

More information

His brother, Enoch N. Nelson, was killed in action in France on 23 January 1945 and is buried at a cemetery in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Mr. Leholmquist, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / JLG Public Face, www.findagrave.com – Coleman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy