James H. Nelson

World War II
Service #0-808118
Unit319th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Louisiana
Date of DeathJanuary 25 1946
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart - Remains recovered
Notes
2LT Nelson's remains have been recovered and identified in 2001. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.
rosetta medal
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.