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James Harshey Nelson - Fallen

WWI
Wyndmere, ND
County: Richland
World War I - Fallen
Date of Loss: October 4, 1918 / Age: 30
Branch of Service: Army
Company/Division: 18th Company, Main Training Depot, Machine Gun Training Center

Died of pnuemonia, on Oct. 4, 1918.

Buried, Wyndmere, N. Dak.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2297 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Registered Richland county. Born, Hankinson, D. T., May 7, 1888, of American parents. Occupation - farmer. Inducted at Wahpeton on Sept. 4, 1918. Sent to Camp Grant, Ill. Served in 161st Depot Brigade, to Sept. 27, 1918; 18th Company, Main Training Depot, Machine Gun Training Center, Camp Hancock, Ga., to death.