Harry Edward Nelson

Era: World War II

Military Branch: Navy

Unit Info: Naval Reserve

Harry Edward Nelson entered in the Naval Reserve on November 11, 1942. Home at entry: Balkan Township, Minnesota [Chisholm].

He served as a Seaman 2nd Class.

He was killed in action on October 27, 1943, while serving as a radio operator aboard a cruiser in the Pacific Theater.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 217.