Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 31 Aug 1942, United States Air Force; World War II; Address:
  World War II

Notes:

Military:
Details of the WWII enlistment index transcription:

Name: Delbert I Nelson
Name (Original): NELSON DELBERT I
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 31 Aug 1942
Term of Enlistment:
Event Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Residence Place:
Race: White
Citizenship Status: citizen
Birth Year: 1909
Birthplace: IOWA
Education Level: 2 years of high school
Civilian Occupation: Electricians
Marital Status: Married
Military Rank: Private
Army Branch: Air Corps
Army Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)
Source Reference: Civil Life
Serial Number: 17114213
Affiliate Publication Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923
Box Film Number: 02522.109

Died:
Delbert Nelson
Delbert Nelson, 71, retired Franklin area farmer and electrician, died Monday at Sunwood Care Center, Redwood Falls.

Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Nelson Funeral Home in Redwood Falls with Rev. Iler P. Anderson officiating. Rev. Anderson will sing and Mrs. Carolyn Marguth will be organist.

Pallbearers will be Gary and Ernest Serbus. Ken and Herbert Nelson, Carl Severi and Leonard Bratsch. Interment will be in the Franklin Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home this evening and until the time of service Wednesday.

Mr. Nelson was born May 10, 1909 at Ruthon, IA a son of Kitel and Clara Johnson Nelson. When he was a youth, the family moved to Sleepy Eye where he attended school.

His marriage to Pearl White took place at Morton June 6, 1941. They made their home in Franklin where he was self employed as a farmer and electrician. He retired in 1979 due to poor health.

He was an Air Force veteran of World War II, member of St. Luke's Church and the American Legion.

Survivors include his wife; daughters Mrs. Gregory (Janice) Hellie of White Bear Lake and Mrs. Harlan (Carol) Anderson of Anchorage, AK; three grandchildren; and brothers Ben, John, Clarence and Alvin all of Franklin. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Debra, in 1975, two brothers and one sister.

Delbert married WHITE, Pearl Irene on 9 Jun 1941 in Morton, Renville, Minnesota, United States. Pearl (daughter of WHITE, Howard Clinton and KRUEGER, Ida Clara) was born on 30 Sep 1923 in Renville, Minnesota, United States; died on 22 May 1994 in Franklin, Renville, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. NELSON, Janice Ann was born on 24 Mar 1942 in Brown, Minnesota, United States; died on 2 Aug 1999 in Breezy Point, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States; was buried in Breezy Point, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States.
2. Living
3. NELSON, Debra Suanne was born on 26 Feb 1956 in Redwood, Minnesota, United States; died in 1975.