Grave marker for Sgt Lawrence V. Nelson in Plot: S02-B05-L4 of the
Fairview Cemetery, (Stanley Mountrail County), North Dakota.
Although his enlistment records shows that he signed up
in Boston, Mass., on Sept 16, 1942, it also states that he was a native
of North Dakota explaining why 'Massachusetts' appears on his head stone
but his burial place is in North Dakota.
Sgt Nelson was killed in action on Jan 30, 1945. He was awarded the Purple Heart. |