Otto L. Nelson, Jr.
Military Person
1902 – 1985
Who was Otto L. Nelson, Jr.?
Otto Lauren Nelson, Jr. was a soldier in the US Army.
Nelson graduated from West Point in 1924 and was commissioned in the Infantry branch. In 1932 he took a Master of Arts from Columbia University. He graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1938 and took a Ph.D. degree from Harvard in 1939.
Nelson was a member of the Army General Staff during World War II. He participated in the reorganizations of the Army command structure at the beginning of World War II and at the end of the war. Nelson documented those reorganizations and the history of the Army General Staff in National Security and the General Staff
Nelson served as a major general from 13 November 1944 to 31 May 1946.
Following his army service, Nelson was an insurance company executive.
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- Born
- Nov 2, 1902
- Also known as
- Otto Nelson, Jr.
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Columbia University
- Harvard University
- Died
- Jun 25, 1985
- Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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