Harry W. Nyegaard

Harry Nyegaard of Main St., Dies In Pacific
Killed Probably on Tinian Island, Parents Informed

(Sept. 14, 1944) -- Marine Pfc. Harry Nyegaard, 19, of Main Street, was reported killed June 19 on the Tinian Islands, his parents were told in September.

Nyegaard enlisted in December 1942, and went overseas with a field communications unit.

He was a veteran of Saipan, Kwajalein, Namur and Roi, all in the South Pacific.

Nyegaard graduated Belleville High School in 1942.

Posthumous Silver Star to Pfc. Harry Nyegaard
Marine Killed On Saipan
Is Cited For Heroism
That Caused His Death

(Oct. 18, 1945) -- Pfc. Harry Nyegaard was killed in Saipan on June 19, 1944, while laying a communications wire between a battalion command post and a company in the field.

Navy Secretary James Forrestal personally signed the citation for Nyegaard's Silver star.

Nyegaard had already received  a Purple Heart and a copy of the Presidential Unit Citation in which the commanding general of the 4th Marine Division gave recognition to the young Marine.

Pfc. Nyegaard enlisted at age 17.

His parents weren't informed of his death until September 1944.

His brother, Vincent, a Motor Machinist's Mate 3/c, serving aboard an LSM fro Luzon to Japan, visited his brother's grave in Manila a month ago.

Glendale Cemetery, Bloomfield, NJ

Pfc. Harry W. Nyegaard
Pfc., U.S. Marine Corps Reserves
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Nyegaard, Main Street, Belleville

Source:

Belleville Times, Sept. 14, 1944, Oct. 18, 1945

World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing,
State of New Jersey, War Dept. June 1946

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