ISOB Nelson
Details:
In the church graveyard.
A standard US Military upright gravestone.
The Isolated Burial (ISOB) is of Sergeant Einar H. Nelson (36360047), of the 15th Infantry Regiment , 3rdInfantry “Rock of the Marne” Division who was KIA in Italy on May 30, 1944 during Operation Diadem, the breakout of Anzio.
Eirnar Herder Nelson was born of June 3, 1910 in, Sweden. He immigrated to the United States and became a citizen in 1941. He lived in Illinois and enlisted in the US Army in 1942. After his death is was temporarily interned until his bodied was returned to Sallstorp, Kyrkogard in Sweden in 1949.
He was one of over 4,200 US soldiers born in Sweden who served in the US military from 1941-45.
Special thanks to Lars Gyllenhaal, author of "200 svenska sevärdheter från andra världskriget (200 Swedish WWII Sights)” for assistance and photos of this memorial.
Monument Text:
EINAR H
NELSON
ILLINOIS
SGT 15TH INF
3 DIV
WORLD WAR II
JUNE 3, 1910
MAY 30, 1944
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
3rd Infantry Division
5th Army
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Anzio
Italian Campaign
Operation Diadem
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