Nielsen Jenis C.

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Jenis C. Nielsen is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

First Division - Mons

Name:

Jenis C. Nielsen

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

12026129

Unit:

16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1944-08-31

State:

New York

Cemetery:

Epinal American Cemetery, Dinoz�, France

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Bronze Star with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Comments:

Jenis C. Nielsen entered the military service in New York. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Staff Sergeant in the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on August 31, 1944 by a shrapnel in his left eye afte the breakout from Normandy on the way to Belgium probably in the vicinity of Chateau-Thierry and is now buried in Epinal American Cemetery, Dinoz�, France. His name is commemorated on the First Infantry monument in Mons, Belgium and ranked as a Sergeant.