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Personal info

Full name
SODERLIND, William Henry
Date of birth
17 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Thief River Falls, Pennington County, Minnesota
Hometown
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37596276
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
275th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
Near Lixing-lès-Rouhling, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 3 18

Immediate family

Members
Arvid Soderlind (father)
Anna E. T. (Carlsson) Soderlind (mother)
Walter A. Soderlind (brother)
Harold M. Soderlind (brother)
Richard Soderlind (brother)
Mildred Soderlind (sister)
Victor C. Soderlind (brother)
Paul R. Soderlind (brother)
Bertha H. (Thompson) Soderlind (wife)
William H. Soderlind Jr. (son)
Janice Soderlind (daughter)

More information

Pvt William H. Soderlind enlisted in Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 9 June 1944.

He attended high school for 1 year and was a carpenter before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Jonas Gustof Astrom family Tree / 1920/1940 Census, http://www.trailblazersww2.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy