World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert Charles Neilson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Medford, Massachusetts
Honored By
Robert P. Neilson
Relationship
Nephew
U.S. Army infantry. Served in Pacific Theatre, Guadalcanal operation, where he contacted acute malaria. Following stateside convalescence, served as Captain Lieutenant in 5th Army, 10th Mountain Division in Italy, 1944-1945. Wounded on Mount Belvedere, February 21, 1945.