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Otto
Lauren
Nelson
Jr.
1902-11-02

–

1985-06-25

Born:

, 

Nebraska

Otto Nelson graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1924. He retired as a U.S. Army Major General.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Major General

    Action Date:

    1945
    War Department, General Orders No. 92 (1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Major General Otto L. Nelson, Jr. (ASN: 0-15713), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Deputy Commander in Chief Mediterranean Theater of Operations in 1945.

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Major General

    Action Date:

    1942 – 1944
    War Department, General Orders No. 1 (1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Major General Otto Lauren Nelson, Jr. (ASN: 0-15713), United States Army, was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, War Department General Staff from 1942 to 1944.