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ANDERSON, Frederick Otto - Date of
birth
22 June 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Norway, Racine County, Wisconsin -
Hometown
Platteville, Grant County, Wisconsin
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
16115459 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
289th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division,
4th Platoon
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
17 January 1945 - Place of
death
Bèche, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 13 | 12 |
Immediate family
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Members
Otto Anderson (father)
Lydia Anderson (mother)
Arter Anderson (brother)
Guerdon Anderson (brother)
Oliver Anderson (brother)
Verne Anderson (brother)
Edward Anderson (brother)
Carolyn (Cordingly) Anderson (wife)
More information
S/Sgt Frederick Anderson graduated from Norway High School in 1939. He joined the U.S. Army Reserve on 2 March 1943, three months before he was to receive a degree in mining engineering at Platteville Normal, Platteville, Wisconsin. He played football and basketball in high school and college.After training at Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky, Sgt Anderson was sent overseas in the fall of 1944, three weeks after his marriage.
Their mission was to protect the flank as the battalion was advancing on the city of Bèche, Belgium. This town was stubbornly defended and one of Anderson's comrades fell in the city, mortally wounded. He and another doughboy volunteered to get the body if possible and as they were finding their way into the city, the Germans opened up with mortars and machine guns and both of them were blown to bit by mortar fire. S/Sgt Anderson was hit in the head.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Frederick J Anderson, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.in-honored-glory.info/ www.ancestry.com Ironwood Daily Globe newspaper 9 February 1945 / The Milwaukee Journal 1 Mar 1945 / The Telegraph-Herald Feb 8,1945, www.battleofthebulgememories.be - Franck Maresca
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://www.in-honored-glory.info/html/stories/infanderson.htm