David J. Nelson | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	O-552168
Unit	322nd Bomber Squadron, 91th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank	Second Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	Illinois
Date of Death	August 8 1944
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing Brittany American Cemetery Brittany American Cemetery Bel Orient 50240 Montjoie Saint Martin France

322nd Bomber Squadron, 91th Bomber Group, Heavy

Air Medal

Purple Heart

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart.

Notes

2LT Nelson's remains were recovered and identified. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial.

When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.