Melvin A. Nelson

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Emmons

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Staff Sergeant

Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Circumstances:

Killed in action in France

Biography:

born Tell Township, ND 25 Feb 18; resident Emmons County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 29 Jun 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 16 Aug 44 France; buried in Plot I, Row 1, Grave 20, Marion Lutheran Cemetery, Braddock, ND.