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Personal info

Full name
MICKALSON, Alvin Otto
Date of birth
23 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Becida, Hubbard County, Minnesota
Hometown
Becida, Hubbard County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37588264
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Koecking Woods, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 10

Immediate family

Members
Albert M. Mickalson (father)
Alma S. (Jacobson) Mickalson (mother)
Adeline E. Mickalson (sister)
Kenneth B. Mickalson (brother)
Opal E. Mickalson (sister)
Melvin J. Mickalson (brother)
Gladys J. Mickalson (sister)
Doran E. Mickalson (brother)
Lilly Mickalson (sister)

More information

Pvt Alvin O. Mickalson worked on the family farm before he enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 25 January 1944.

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

He is remembered at the Fern Township Cemetery in Hubbard County, Minnesota.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Jo

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Jo