World War II Honoree

Warren E. Nelson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Solano, California

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: TECHNICIAN 5TH CLASS. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY SEPTEMBER 21, 1942 AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. AFTER PARATROOPER TRAINING, HE SERVED WITH G-COMPANY, 2ND BATTALION, 506TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 101ST AIRBORNE ‘SCREAMING EAGLES’ DIVISION. HE JUMPED INTO THE AREA OF RAFFOVILLE, ON THE FRENCH COTENTIN PENINSULA IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON D-DAY, TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1944. THIS WAS THE INVASION OF GERMANY’S FORTRESS EUROPE, CODE NAME: OPERATION OVERLORD. KILLED IN ACTION ON THE DAY OF THE ASSAULT, BATTLE OF NORMANDY AND WAS BURIED IN A BATTLEFIELD CEMETERY. AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN EUROPE, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY, WITH INTERMENT IN THE GREENWOOD CEMETERY, BEND, OREGON.