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Personal info

Full name
VANDERHOOF, Victor Sutton Jr
Date of birth
12 December 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois
Hometown
Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36909824
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Neuf-Brisach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 13 25

Immediate family

Members
Victor S. Vanderhoof (father)
Henrietta Vanderhoof (mother)
Arnold Vanderhoof (brother)

More information

Pvt Victor S. Vanderhoof was unemployed when he enlisted on 16 February 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his abdomen and pelvis.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy