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Personal info

Full name
VANDERBERG, John E
Date of birth
9 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Cedar Grove, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Cedar Grove, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42016363
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 October 1944
Place of death
Near Rambervillers, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 33 38

Immediate family

Members
John W. Vanderberg (father)
Maude M. Vanderberg (mother)
Irving R. Vanderberg (brother)
Harold Vanderberg (brother)

More information

Pvt John E. Vanderberg worked for the Lake Beverage Distributing Co. His fiancée was Irene Carlough.

He enlisted in October 1943 and was sent overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, The Montclair Times (Montclair, New Jersey) · 16 November 1944, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy