Name:
Walter Einer Nielsen
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
374692
Unit:
19th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Death:
1944-07-27
State:
Nebraska
Cemetery:
Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA
Plot:
Section D
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Walter Einer Nielsen was born in 1925, in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. He was the son of Jacob Einer "Jack" Nielsen.
He served in Company C, 1st Battalion, 19th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a Private during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 27, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.