PFC
Ernest E Nelson
Aged 24, fallen January 9, 1945
- Unit
- Headquarters Detachment, 1st Battalion, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 31084267
- Hometown
- Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Date of death
- January 9, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Lorraine American Cemetery, Plot C Row 27 Grave 23, St. Avold, France
Private First Class Ernest E Nelson, serial number 31084267, of Middlesex, Massachusetts, served with the Headquarters Detachment of the 1st Battalion, 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 9, 1945, at the age of 24. He is buried at Lorraine American Cemetery, Plot C Row 27 Grave 23, St. Avold, France.
Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.
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