World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Leo Wesley Nielsen
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Hyrum, Utah
Honored By
Mark Gerner
Relationship
Son-in-law
ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY AND ENTERED SERVICE ON OCTOBER 31, 1944. TRAINED AT U.S. NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL AT FARRAGUT, IDAHO AND THEN SERVED ON THE USS INTREPID IN 1945. HE WAS A MACHINIST’S MATE THIRD CLASS AND SAW COMBAT IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER UNTIL THE WAR’S END.