Charles A. Nelson

World War I
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Fallen

County:
Cass

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company E, 164th Infantry

Circumstances:

Died on July 20, 1918, of wounds received in action.

Buried, Grave 62, Row 13, Block B, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND under Divide county.

Information found in Volume 3, page 2285 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered (not given). Born, Fargo, N. Dak., June, 1896, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - unknown. Enlisted in Company E, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at Crosby, on Sept. 1, 1917. Served in Company E, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard (Company E, 164th Infantry), to Jan. 18, 1918; Company I, 26th Infantry, to death. Overseas from Dec. 15, 1917, to death. Engagements: Offensive: Aisne-Marne. Defensive: Montdidier-Noyon. Defensive Sectors: Ansauville (Lorraine); Cantigny (Picardy).