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Personal info

Full name
NELSON, Jack Lee
Date of birth
22 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Horatio, Sevier County, Arkansas
Hometown
Troup, Smith County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38481342
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dornot-Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 33

Immediate family

Members
Alfonzo F. Nelson (father)
Eula Nelson (mother)
Violet J. Nelson (stepmother)
C. Rex Nelson (brother)
Georgetta Nelson (sister)
Marie Nelson (sister)
Persey Nelson (sister)
Herman Nelson (brother)
Pearl Nelson (sister)

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U. S. Draft Cards for Young Men, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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