WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

Raymond R. Nelson

Entered Service: February 19, 1942.

Branch of Service: Infantry, to DEML then T.C.  

Trained at Camp Wolters, Texas, Infantry Basic Company B, 64th Battery, sent to Fort Lawton, Washington, O.D. and R.D. 

Overseas: June 16, 1942.

Theatre of Operation: Asiatic-Pacific.

Medals Earned: Asiatic-Pacific, Good Conduct and Victory.

Returned to U.S.:  August 15, 1945 

Discharged: October 30, 1945, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.  

Rank: Staff Sergeant.

Total Months in Service: Forty-four months.