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Personal info

Full name
NELSON, Enock Nicholas Glenn
Date of birth
27 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
East Side, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota
Hometown
East Side, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37285749
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 42 2

Immediate family

Members
Peter A. Nelson (father)
Anna M. (Lindstrom) Nelson (mother)
Clarence H. Nelson (brother)
Eveline M. Nelson (sister)
Palmer O. Nelson (brother)
Donald M. Nelson (brother)
Gladys L. Nelson (sister)
William L. Nelson (brother)
Walter L. Nelson (brother)
Nels F. Nelson (half-brother)
Alma C. Nelson (half-sister)
Peter H. Nelson (half-brother)
Ernest R. Nelson (half-brother)
Clifford R. Nelson (half-brother)
Ewald D. Nelson (half-brother)
Ruth E. Nelson (half-sister)

More information

Pvt Enock N.G. Nelson was unemployed when he enlisted in May 1942.

In May 1944, he was hopitalized in Italy for an infection in his foot.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

His brother, T/4 Clarence H. Nelson was killed in action in the vicinity of Elsenborn, Belgium on 17 December 1944. At the request of their family, Clarence was buried at the same cemetery as his brother Enock.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards / U.S. Census Reports, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy