'''Gertrude DeWitt Nelson''' (December 26, 1898 – November 29, 2001) was an [[African-American]] military, civilian, and [[American Red Cross]] [[nurse]] from [[Louisiana]] whose career spanned much of the 20th century. She was born at the end of the 19th century and died at the start of the 21st century.
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| birth_date = December 26, 1898
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| birth_place =Colfax, Grant Parish, [[Louisiana]]
'''Gertrude DeWitt Nelson''' (December 26, 1898 – November 29, 2001) was an [[African-American]] military, civilian, and [[American Red Cross]] [[nurse]] from [[Louisiana]] whose career spanned much of the 20th century. She was born two years before the end of the 19th century and died eleven months after the beginning of the 21st century.