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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Lloyd Lawson Jr
Date of birth
17 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Lee County, Virginia
Hometown
Blackwater, Lee County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33214559
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Heavy Machine Gunner
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bratte, St. Jean and Moivrons, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 8 18

Immediate family

Members
Lloyd L. Anderson Sr. (father)
Effie M. Anderson (mother)
Henry J. Anderson (brother)
Mattie E. Anderson (sister)
Nina E. Anderson (sister)
Hugh D. Anderson (brother)
Grace Anderson (sister)
Nellie G. Anderson (sister)
Glen B. Anderson (brother)
Linda C. Anderson (sister)
Manervia E. Anderson (sister)
Josephine Anderson (sister)

More information

Pfc Lloyd L. Anderson worked on a farm before he enlisted in Abingdon, Virginia on 7 October 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Virginia Birth Records, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Delphine Richter Thomas/ Granny