Frank Nelson

World War I
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Fallen

Minneapolis, MN

County:
Richland

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company E, 58th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on July 18, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 29, 1921, and buried at Crystal Lake cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 3, page 2291 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Richland county. Born, Paynesville, Minn., Dec. 21, 1893, of American parents. Occupation - railway cashier. Inducted at Wahpeton on Sept. 22, 1917. Sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa. Served in Company K, 352nd Infantry, to Nov. 28, 1917; Company M, 348th Infantry, to April 12, 1918; Company E, 58th Infantry, to death. Overseas from May 7, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne.