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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Ivar Jr
Date of birth
29 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
Hometown
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36774492
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Near Wolfskirchen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 39 36

Immediate family

Members
Ivar Anderson (father)
Elizabeth Anderson (mother)
Alice E. Anderson (sister)
Mildred H. Anderson (sister)
Helen L. Anderson (sister)
Walter Anderson (brother)
Barbara J. (Ohlson) Anderson (wife)

More information

Pvt Ivar Anderson Jr. was employed at the Gustafson Oberg Tool Die Company before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / Swedish American Church Record, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton, After Action Report 26th Infantry

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Rockford Illinois, Obituary