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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Sperling Wilhelm "Bud"
Date of birth
8 March 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa
Hometown
Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37488899
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 19 2

Immediate family

Members
Wilhelm C. Anderson (father)
Mary (Erickson) Anderson (mother)
Claude W. Anderson (brother)
H. P. Anderson (brother)
Arta Anderson (sister)
Carl L. Anderson (brother)
Edna O. (Lamoureux) Anderson (wife)
William E. Anderson (son)

More information

Pfc Sperling W. Anderson enlisted on 3 January 1944 and was sent overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Destiny 1960

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Heather Abrahamson