WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

Sander Nelson

Entered Service: November 22, 1940.

Branch of Service: Army.

Trained at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, Medical Corp, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, Fort Riley, Kansas.

Overseas: October 8, 1942. 

Theatre of Operation: European.

Engagements:  African Campaign. 

Returned to U.S.:  May 2, 1945 

Discharged: September 23, 1945, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.  

Rank: Staff Sergeant

Total Months in Service: Fifty-eight.