Nelson M. Holderman

Nelson Miles Holderman was an officer in the United States Army most notable for commanding a company of the Lost Battalion during World War I for which he received the Medal of Honor. He was considered by many to be one of the most decorated American soldiers of the war.

Holderman was born in Trumbull, Nebraska in 1885 and named Nelson Miles Holderman after a military officer that his father had served under who had been a Civil War hero and Medal of Honor recipient. He was the second oldest son in a family which included three older sisters and two brothers. In 1893, his family moved to Tustin, California where his parents boughtacres of land to grow oranges, walnuts and apricots.

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