Otto L. Nelson Jr., Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetOtto L. Nelson Jr.
United States general
Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1902
Date of Death: 25-Jun-1985
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Otto L. Nelson Jr.
- Otto Lauren Nelson Jr.
- (November 2, 1902 – June 25, 1985) 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 (Washington, DC: Infantry Journal Press, 1946.) 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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