State Heroes

PFC Carl W. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 301st Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 26, 1945 / Age:

Killed in action near Luxembourg.

Lieutenant Clayton E. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: August 04, 1944 / Age: 44

Died in service in the Pacific Area

Private Dale E. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 180th Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: December 20, 1944 / Age: 19

Died in service in Germany

Sergeant David E. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: February 28, 1945 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Leyte, Philippine Islands

Private First Class Donald W. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 13, 1945 / Age: 26

Died in service in Tyndall Field, Florida

Private First Class Eddie M. Nelson

World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: July 12, 1942 / Age: 20

Died in service at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

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

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.

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

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

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.

Sergeant First Class Ingvald O. Nelson

Korean War, World War II

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 01, 1953 / Age: 38

Died in service in Snyder, Oklahoma