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Personal info

Full name
NELSON, Donald Leon
Date of birth
28 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Jay County, Indiana
Hometown
Portland, Jay County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
20532734
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Honsfeld-Buchholz, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 16 42

Immediate family

Members
James M. Nelson (father)
Mary M. (Faris) Nelson (mother)
Francis M. Nelson (brother)
Charles Nelson (brother)
Gerald Nelson (brother)
Robert Nelson (brother)
Edna M. Nelson (sister)
Vivian J. Nelson (sister)
Betty Nelson (sister)
Freda Nelson (sister)
Florence Nelson (sister)
Helen Nelson (sister)
Della Nelson (sister)
Frances M. (Missicano) Nelson (wife)
Donald Nelson Jr. (son)
Joseph J. James Nelson (son)

More information

Sgt Donald L. Nelson enlisted in Portland, Indiana on 17 January 1941. He served with the military police unit for fourteen months. He was sent overse overseas in November 1944.

He was married to Frances Missicano in May 1941. He was the father of two small sons, Donald Jr., 2 and Joseph James, age seven months.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - The Muncie Star Press

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Kathy Selman