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Personal info

Full name
NIELSON, Vernon Herbert
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
North Dakota
Hometown
LaMoure, LaMoure County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
17006021
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 2 29

Immediate family

Members
Carl H. Nielson (father)
Eleanore Nielson (mother)
Pearl C. Nielson (sister)
Wallace J. Nielson (brother)
Robert Nielson (brother)
Neil E. Nielson (brother)
David K. Nielson (brother)
Ruth V. (Osberg) Nielson (wife)

More information

Pvt Vernon H. Nielson attended high school for one year and was a truck driver.

He joined the Regular Army at Fort Lincoln, North Dakota on 15 July 1940.

He died in a hospital from a hepatitis infection. The exact location is not known.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S.Draft Cards Young Men / U.S.WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy