World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Clare W. Nielsen
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Rutland, Iowa
Honored By
Mrs. Doris A. Nielsen
Relationship
Wife
Pre WWII, 4th Marine Regiment, Shanghai, China, Defense of the Philippine Islands, Bataan, Luzon Province, Corregidor, surrendered by U.S. Army General J. Wainwright May 6, 1942. Prisoner of war until Liberation by the U.S. Military, Niigata, Japan August 15, 1945.