State Heroes

Charles A. Nelson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 164th Infantry

Date of Loss: July 20, 1918 / Age: 22

Died on July 20, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 62, Row 13, Block B, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.

James Harshey Nelson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 18th Company, Main Training Depot, Machine Gun Training Center

Date of Loss: October 04, 1918 / Age: 30

Died of pnuemonia, on Oct. 4, 1918.

Buried, Wyndmere, N. Dak.

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

FM1C/E-3 Warren G. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: E Company 2nd Battalion 8th Marines

Date of Loss: November 20, 1943 / Age: 20

FM1c/E-3 Warren G. Nelson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on December 13, 1942 and received his basic training in San Diego, CA.

Technician 5th Grade Kenneth D. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 20, 1945 / Age: 19

Died in service in Japan

Technical Sergeant Lawrence R. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 08, 1944 / Age: 27

Killed in action in France

Arthur Julius Nelson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 34th Company, 9th Training Battalion, 161st Depot Brigade

Date of Loss: October 08, 1918 / Age: 25

Died of pneumonia on Oct. 8, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2282 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Sergeant Lawrence V. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: January 30, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Belgium

Sergeant Lloyd I. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 175th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: June 08, 1944 / Age: 26

He arrived overseas in October 1942. He was injured during the D-Day invasion when his unit landed on the beaches of Normandy, France. Two days later he died of his wounds.

Staff Sergeant Malcolm B. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 358th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 90th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 07, 1944 / Age: 26

Killer in action in France

Specialist 4 Alan Gerald Nelson

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 30, 1970 / Age: 24

He died in service in Okinawa. 

Staff Sergeant Melvin A. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 16, 1944 / Age: 26

Killed in action in France

Captain Norman H. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 313th Fighter Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 50th Fighter Group

Date of Loss: July 02, 1944 / Age: 24

He was a passenger aboard Cessna Bobcat UC-78 #43-7528 when he was killed on July 2, 1944, in a plane crash in England.

Private First Class Roy D. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: November 01, 1942 / Age: 23

Died in service in New Caledonia

George Nelson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C, 128th Infantry

Date of Loss: October 12, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Oct. 12, 1918.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2293 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Bernard Nelson

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L, 138th Infantry

Date of Loss: September 29, 1918 / Age: 23

Killed in action on Sept. 29, 1918.

Remains returned to U. S. on Aug. 15, 1921, and buried at Siren, Wis.

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