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Personal info

Full name
NELSON, Percy Clifford
Date of birth
21 March 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota
Hometown
Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37168067
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
46th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 10 17

Immediate family

Members
Peder O. Nelson (father)
Clara T. (Jowle) Nelson (mother)
Alta I. Nelson (sister)
Arnold M. Nelson (brother)
Luella Nelson (sister)
Carroll M. Nelson (brother)
Loren V. Nelson (brother)
Olive Nelson (sister)

More information

Percy C. Nelson was educated in Bellingham public schools and was employed by Great Northern Railroad Co.

He arrived in England in February 1944.

Percy C. Nelson is remembered with a memorial at Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery in Bellingham, Minnesota.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.5ad.org,

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagreve.com, Pam McKnight