Clyde Lonzo Nielsen was killed in the Marshall Islands of the South Pacific during WWII.
*Buried at Japtan Island,Eniwetok Atoll Of The Marshall Islands.
Grave number 58 Row 4 Plot number 2 Marker Cross*
US Military Records
Drowned
Nielsen, Clyde Lonzo, Merch.
Seaman Merchant Marines (cook)
Born: 03-28-21 Spanish Fork, Utah
Mother: Deceased
Father: Mr. Lonzo Nielson and stepmother, Sp. Fk.,Ut.
Grandmother: Mrs. Charles Poulsen, with whom lived most of life.
Wife: Ruth Holt Nielson, Spanish Fork, Ut., 3 children
Entered: Sept., 1944
DROWNED MARCH 12, 1945 NEAR MARSHALL ISLANDS FOLLOWING A MOTORBOAT ACCIDENT. BODY RECOVERED MARCH 16, 1945 ON ACTIVE DUTY. (Trib. 04-26-45) (D.N 04-14-45)
Previoulsy reported missing in So. Pacific (Trib. 04-07-45) Reported: 05-05-45
Clyde Lonzo Nielsen was killed in the Marshall Islands of the South Pacific during WWII.
*Buried at Japtan Island,Eniwetok Atoll Of The Marshall Islands.
Grave number 58 Row 4 Plot number 2 Marker Cross*
US Military Records
Drowned
Nielsen, Clyde Lonzo, Merch.
Seaman Merchant Marines (cook)
Born: 03-28-21 Spanish Fork, Utah
Mother: Deceased
Father: Mr. Lonzo Nielson and stepmother, Sp. Fk.,Ut.
Grandmother: Mrs. Charles Poulsen, with whom lived most of life.
Wife: Ruth Holt Nielson, Spanish Fork, Ut., 3 children
Entered: Sept., 1944
DROWNED MARCH 12, 1945 NEAR MARSHALL ISLANDS FOLLOWING A MOTORBOAT ACCIDENT. BODY RECOVERED MARCH 16, 1945 ON ACTIVE DUTY. (Trib. 04-26-45) (D.N 04-14-45)
Previoulsy reported missing in So. Pacific (Trib. 04-07-45) Reported: 05-05-45
Gravesite Details
variation on spelling of surname Nielsen, Nielson