World War II
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Mountrail
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Technician 5th Grade
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company A
Regiment / Group / Brigade:
123 Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
33rd 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:
Asiatic Pacific Theater
Japan
Circumstances:
Died in service in Japan
Biography:
Kenneth Duane Nelson was born in Parshall, Montrail County, North Dakota on October 24, 1925, to Edwin William Nelson and Marguerite Elizabeth Colclough. He entered the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, Minnesota on December 13, 1944, and served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater. Technician Fifth Grade Nelson died in service on July 20, 1946, and is in Block 16, Lot 59, Parshall Community Cemetery, Parshall, North Dakota.
Sources: Ancestry/Find a Grave