World War II Honoree

Merl Dean L. Nielsen

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Plainview, Nebraska

Honored By

Ms. Betty Purcell Nielsen

Relationship

Wife

WEAPONS QUALIFICATION: RIFLE MARKSMAN SEPTEMBER 30, 1943. SPECIAL MILITARY QUALIFICATIONS: COMBAT INTELLIGENCE. SERVED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AREA DECEMBER 23, 1943 TO OCTOBER 4, 1945. BATTLES, ENGAGEMENTS, SKIRMISHES, EXPEDITION: PARTICIPATED IN ACTION AGAINST THE ENEMY AT SAIPAN, MARIANA ISLANDS FROM JUNE 16, 1944 TO JULY 9, 1944; AT TINIAN, MARIANA ISLANDS FROM JULY 5, 1944 TO AUGUST 2, 1944; AT OKINAWA, RYUKYU ISLANDS FROM MARCH 26, 1945 TO JULY 27, 1945. ISSUED HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON ON DECEMBER 3, 1945.