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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Norman B
Date of birth
28 November 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
McLeod, Ransom County, North Dakota
Hometown
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37591451
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 December 1944
Place of death
Near Mertzwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 24 11

Immediate family

Members
Sigurd Anderson (father)
Hilda (Huseth) Anderson (mother)
Margareth A. Anderson (sister)
Harry S. Anderson (brother)
Eva A. (Straus) Anderson (wife)
William Anderson (son)

More information

Pvt Norman B. Anderson was employed at the New Brighton Defense plant.

He enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 26 February 1944. He trained at Camp Wolters, Texas and Fort Meade, Maryland. He was in service only 17 weeks when he left the USA. Before going to France, he spent 6 weeks in England.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / McMillen Family Tree / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Pickertoes, Star Tribune - 16 January 1945