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(courtesy of Linda Claxton)
Grave
marker for Avery R. Nelson in Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville (Knox
county), Tennessee.
Flipping his first and middle names, Richard married Anna Mae Dyer
in Anderson, TN on 10 February 1940.
Avery registered for
the draft in Knoxville, TN on 16 October 1940 and was inducted into
the Army at Fort Oglethorpe, GA on 11 November 1942.
On 12 December 1942, Pvt Nelson was
transferred from Camp Toccoa, GA to Hq 3rd, 508th PIR.
Pvt Nelson was transferred to the
542nd PIR on 25 November 1943. |
