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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Roscoe Winthrop Nelson, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

West Hartford, Connecticut

Honored By

Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

He was drafted into the U.S. Navy in October 1943. He served as a Sonarman on a minesweeper in the Pacific Theater of Operations. He was injured in a mine explosion in the South Pacific. He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal, WWII Victory Medal and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal.