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Personal info

Full name
NELSON, Jack L
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
San Saba, Cheroque County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38481342
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dornot-Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 33

Immediate family

Members
Alfonzo F. Nelson (father)
Eula Nelson (mother)
Violet J. Nelson (stepmother)
C. Rex Nelson (brother)
Georgetta Nelson (sister)
Marie Nelson (sister)
Persey Nelson (sister)
Herman Nelson (brother)
Pearl Nelson (sister)

More information

Pvt Jack L. Nelson was first buried at St. James Cemetery, St. James France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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