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Personal info

Full name
PEDERSON, Vernon Earl
Date of birth
31 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
McFarland, Dane County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Dane County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36251738
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
Aschaffenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 30 20

Immediate family

Members
Andrew W. Pederson (father)
Ruby E. (Brown) Pederson (mother)
Ella M. (Kluge) Pederson (stepmother)
Harold B. Pederson( brother)
Bernice Pederson (sister)
Dorothy Pederson (sister)
Henry Pederson (half-brother)

More information

Sgt Vernon E. Pederson worked on the family farm before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 20 July 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - family tree / Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org
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