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Personal info

Full name
NELSON, Kenneth Laverne
Date of birth
28 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
New Windsor, Mercer County, Illinois
Hometown
Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36024205
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Radio Technician
Unit
58th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Longvilly-Mageret, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Godfrey Nelson (father)
Agnes (Swanson) Nelson (mother)
Inez (Anderson) Nelson (stepmother)

More information

Kenneth L. Nelson graduated from Moline High School and worked for a plumbing firm.

He enlisted in June 1941 and went overseas in September 1942.

Documents


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Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, Hot Steel-The Story of the 58th AFAB, www.newspapers.com

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.newspapers.com - The Dispatch 25 August 1945