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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Joseph G "Andy"
Date of birth
7 February 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Hardin, Calhoun County, Illinois
Hometown
Hardin, Calhoun County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16054022
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Reharmont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 18 29

Immediate family

Members
Joseph D. Anderson (father)
Nona B. (Dixon) Anderson (mother)
Alice E. Anderson (sister)
John C. Anderson (brother)
Leta E. Anderson (twin sister)

More information

Sgt Joseph G. Anderson was an engineer.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Peoria, Illinois on 16 February 1942.

Information about the pictures: #1: Fort Bragg, late 1944; #2: Fort Bragg, early 1943; #3 Camp Quorn, England 1944, #4: Manchester, England 1944; #5: Montebourg, France 1944.

His twin sister Leta worked for the War Crimes Section of the 8th Army right after the war

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment
Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/505/505_honor.html

Photo source: Siem Voogt, James J. Ricci family collection - courtesy of Mark Ricci and Kathy McDermott