Name:
John Gustave Lincoln Nilsson
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
434758
Unit:
21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Death:
1944-07-22
State:
New Jersey
Cemetery:
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
C
Row:
Grave:
385
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
John Gustave Lincoln Nilsson was born on February 12, 1922. He was the son of Anna H. Compton Sunday.
He served in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a Corporal during World War II. He died from his wounds received in battle on July 22, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.