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Personal info

Full name
NELSON, Frank Acree
Date of birth
25 April 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Dover, Stewart County, Tennessee
Hometown
Dover, Stewart County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34983757
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 15 59

Immediate family

Members
David M. Nelson (father)
Mary M. (Dennis) Nelson (mother)
James E. Nelson (brother)
Trenton O. Nelson (brother)
Herbert L. Nelson (brother)
Leanor Nelson (sister)
Lorene Nelson (sister)
Erlene M. Nelson (sister)
Elmer Nelson (brother)
Bessie M. Nelson (sister)
Elmer W. Nelson (brother)
Ennis D. Nelson (brother)
Viola C. (Welker) Nelson (wife)
Allie I. Nelson (daughter)
Alvin F. Nelson (son)
Alene E. Nelson (daughter)
Allen R. Nelson (son)

More information

Pvt Frank A. Nelson enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 19 March 1944.

He was reported seriously wounded by artillery shell fragments in his chest and heart in action on 24 October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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 / Nelson Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Lesak

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy