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Personal info

Full name
LARSON, John Valdemar
Date of birth
26 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Spring Lake, Itasca County, Minnesota
Hometown
Schenectady County, New York

Military service

Service number
37546098
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
Near Herbitzheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 7 2

Immediate family

Members
Julius A. Larson (father)

More information

Pfc John V. Larson enlisted on 18 January 1943 and was sent overseas on 5 September 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Lutheran Church Records, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Doug Swanson