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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Leonard Vernon
Date of birth
2 July 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Stratford, Hamilton County, Iowa
Hometown
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37684710
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Meisenthal, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 15 18

Immediate family

Members
David O. Anderson (father)
Bessie A. (Berglund) Anderson (mother)
Ernest D. Anderson (brother)
Helen E. Anderson (sister)
Julia E. Anderson (sister)
Mary E. Anderson (sister)
Eunice E. Anderson (sister)
Eileen Anderson (sister)
Bernice E. (Sealine) Anderson (1st wife)
Caryl J. Anderson (daughter)
Janice K. Anderson (daughter)
Ilean (Schultz) Anderson (second wife)

More information

Sgt Leonard V. Anderson attended high school for four years and was a meat cutter at Iowa Packing Company.
He enlisted in Atlantic, Iowa on 24 January 1944 and was sent overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, http://www.abmc.gov / www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Iowa, World War II Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries, 1947-1959 /
https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - Des Moines Tribune - 23 January 1945