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Personal info

Full name
KNUDSON, Truman Alfred
Date of birth
8 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Cranfills Gap, Bosque County, Texas
Hometown
Bosque County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38029369
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
52nd Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 16 31

Immediate family

Members
Thomas A. Knudson (father)
Emma Knudson (mother)
Odell Knudson (brother)
Julie I. Knudson (sister)
Virgie M. Knudson (sister)
Adeline Knudson (sister)
Emory Knudson (brother)
Mavis Knudson (sister)
Babe R. (Hickox) Knudson (wife)
Mike Knudson (son)

More information

T/5 Truman A. Knudson attended Cranfills Gap High School before he enlisted at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 18 March 1941. He was sent overseas in October 1944.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Amandine Jaunet - Henri-Chapelle Cemetery Associate, Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Bosque County, Texas