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KENNETH E. NIELSEN

(courtesy of D. D. Thompson)

Grave marker for Kenneth E. Nielsen in Section F, Row 13 of the City View Cemetery, Salem (Marion county), Oregon.

Kenneth enlisted in the Army at Portland, OR on 21 October 1942 and was assigned to Company I, 508th PIR.

Pvt Nielsen was awarded the Bronze Service Arrowhead device for participation in the Normandy assault and the Purple Heart as he wounded in action on 22 September 1944 in Holland.

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