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Personal info

Full name
NELSON, Richard Harold
Date of birth
28 January 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Warren, Warren County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Warren, Warren County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33710728
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
Mühlberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 8 35

Immediate family

Members
Karl A. J. Nelson (father)
Justina M. E. (Cederholm) Nelson (mother)
Elsa M. Nelson (sister)
Margaret A. (Johnson) Nelson (wife)
Judith A. Nelson (daughter)

More information

Pvt Richard H. Nelson attended high school for two years and was a meatcutter before he enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 12 November 1943.

He was taken prisoner and died in Stalag IV-B.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kuhre Family Tree / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Lynne Meyers