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Personal info

Full name
CARLSON, Claus Paul
Date of birth
4 December 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Hörken, Örebro, Sweden
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36740372
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
395th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 January 1945
Place of death
Near Elsenborn, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 20 21

Immediate family

Members
Claus Carlson (father)
Emma V. Carlson (mother)
Marion C. Carlson (sister)

More information

Claus P. Carlson was born in Sweden as Klas Paul Karlsson. His father Klas Karlsson married Emma on 25 March 1922 and from this marriage two children were born. Dagney Marie and Klas Paul Karlsson. The family emigrated to the US on 8 January 1924, sailing with the vessel Drottningholm from Gotheburg, Sweden to New York. The father changed his name to Claus Carlson, Dagnie Marie changed her name to Marion Dagney Carlson and Klas Paul changed his name to Claus Paul Carlson.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, WWIIMemorial.com, Lonesentry.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Naturalization Record of father, www.newspapers.com - Chicago Daily Tribune

Photo source: Findagrave.com, Des Philippet, Mai Hoesen