SGT. WILLIAM LLOYD NELSON MEMORIAL MARKER
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Listing Details
Year Dedicated: 2005
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR II
Photograph By: WILLIAM PFINGSTEN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
AS PART OF THE INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA SGT. NELSON WAS IN COMMAND OF A HEAVY MORTAR SECTION IN TUNISIA WHEN THE GERMANS ATTACKED. UNDER INTENSE FIRE HE DIRECTED A CONCENTRATED BARRAGE THAT HALTED THE GERMAN ADVANCE. SGT.NELSON WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED AND FOR HIS HEROIC ACTIONS WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR.
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