Peter Nelson

Silhouette of two soldiers walking with helmets, rifles, and heavy packs against a cloudy sky.

World War I (WWI)
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Fallen

County:
Grand Forks

Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
    Salvage Division, Quartermaster Corps
    Conflicts Served:
    World War I (WWI)

Circumstances:

Died of pneumonia on Jan. 29, 1919.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2307 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Grand Forks county. Born, Nesse, Norway, Jan. 17, 1895. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Grand Forks on July 22, 1918. Sent to Camp Custer, Mich. Served in 160th Depot Brigade, to Sept. 23, 1918; Salvage Division, Quartermaster Corps, to death.