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Personal info

Full name
SANDERSON, Eugene Carlton
Date of birth
28 November 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Highland, Clayton County, Iowa
Hometown
Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
17003868
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
19 April 1945
Place of death
Near Ehingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 19 4

Immediate family

Members
Carl Sanderson (father)
Selma O. (Fadness) Sanderson (mother)
Florence L. Sanderson (sister)
Alvin N. Sanderson (brother)
Stella C. Sanderson (sister)
Ellen M. Sanderson (sister)
Ida L. Sanderson (sister)
Esther L. Sanderson (sister)
Gladys C. Sanderson (sister)
Norma E. Sanderson (sister)
Norton Sanderson (brother)

More information

Pfc Eugene C. Sanderson worked on a farm before he joined the Regular Army in Fort Des Moines, Iowa on 27 November 1940.

He died to the effects of artillery shell fragments in his lung and femur.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - A Osman