Nels K. Pearson

Memorial Location

COLUMN: 4    ROW: 29

  • Sergeant
  • Served: August 27, 1943 to January 28, 1946, Company 34, 35th Battalion, Company A 50th MP
  • World War II – Set up search light at Gili Gili Airstrip, guarded Japanese prisoners at Old Bilibid Prison in Manila, served as MP at war crime trials of General Yamashita, Lt. General Kou and Lt. General Homma
  • Anti-aircraft Radar

Deceased August 12, 2015, Interred at Union Cemetery, Crystal Lake, Illinois

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