Minnesota Discovery Center

John Joseph Nelsen, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Sergeant
serial number:37286234
location:Signal Corps in the Pacific.
enlistment date:June 29, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Nov. 9, 1945
place discharged:Fort Lewis, WA
decorations: American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 216; (2) American Legion, Press-Lloyd Post No. 247 (Chisholm, Minn.) Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:Jan. 7, 1917
birth place:Chisholm, MN
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:April 29, 1985
father:Avel Nelsen
mother:Nell Nelsen (nee Sullivan)
siblings:Robert J Nelsen Charlotte Nelsen Scipioni
school:Chisholm High School

Last update: 2/02/2016