Lawrence V. Nelson

Sergeant Lawrence Vincent Nelson grave marker photo

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Mountrail

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Sergeant

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company F

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
82nd Airbourne Division
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 Belgium

Biography:

Lawrence Vincent Nelson was born in Palermo, Mountrail County, North Dakota on January 26, 1921, to Albert Hilford Nelson and Edna Ione Byington Nelson. He entered AUS Boston, Massachusetts on September 16, 1942, and served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater. Sergeant Nelson was killed in action on January 30, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in Ardennes, Belgium and is buried in Block 5, Section 2, Fairview Cemetery, Stanley, Mountrail County, North Dakota.

Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave