State Heroes
1918
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.
1944
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
1945
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
1944
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.
1970
Specialist 4 Alan Gerald Nelson
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 30, 1970 / Age: 24
He died in service in Okinawa.
1944
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
1944
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
1944
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.
1942
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
1918
George Nelson
Marseilles, ILWorld 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.
1918
Bernard Nelson
Siren, WIWorld 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.
1919
John Nelson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E, 358th Infantry
Date of Loss: February 12, 1919 / Age: 31
Died of tuberculosis on Feb. 12, 1919.
Buried, Grave 15, Row 39, Block A, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
1919
Peter Nelson
World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Salvage Division, Quartermaster Corps
Date of Loss: January 29, 1919 / Age: 24
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.
1945
PFC William H. Nelson
World War II
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 01, 1945 / Age:
Killed in action in the Philippines.
1918
Christian Nelson
World War I
Date of Loss: November 11, 1918 / Age:
Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.
Information NOT found in the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.