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Personal info

Full name
NIELSEN, Carl Edward
Date of birth
13 May 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39705841
Rank
Private
Function
Assistant Driver
Unit
C Company,
743rd Tank Battalion,
2nd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Fronhoven, south of Aldenhoven, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 14 16

Immediate family

Members
H.P. Nielsen (father)
Sylvia J. (Munchrath) Nielsen (wife)

More information

Pvt Carl E. Nielsen immigrated to the United States on 23 December 1919 under the name Karl Edvan Nielsen. On his Petition for Naturalization form he requested that his name should be changed to Carl Edward Nielsen.

He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 23 July 1943 and had been overseas since April of that year.
He was a crew member of the command tank of 2nd Platoon. The tank was hit by enemy anti-tank fire.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Passenger list, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 743rd Tank Battalion, S-3 Journal 743rd Tank Battalion, www.newspapers.com - Council Bluffs Nonpareil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library courtesy of Pottawattamie County Genealogical Society