Louis Nelsen

World War I
-
Fallen

County:
Benson

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company D, 110th Engineers

Circumstances:

Killed accidentally on Aug. 25, 1918.

Buried, Grave 29, Row 33, Block D, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

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

Information found in Volume 3, page 2279 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Benson county. Born, Stupperuf, Denmark, Sept. 2, 1891. Citizenship, alien. Occupation - laborer. Inducted at Minnewaukan on Feb. 28, 1918. Served in Depot Company I, Signal Corps, to March 9, 1918; Company D, 110th Engineers, to death. Overseas from May 2, 1918, to Aug. 25, 1918. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Gerardmer (Alsace).