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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Encil Dean
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Marshall County, West Virginia
Hometown
Mannington, Marion County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
15015839
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 68

Immediate family

Members
Edward Anderson (father)
Della M. (Rush) Anderson (mother)
Essie L. Anderson (sister)
Melvin E. Anderson (brother)
Allen D. Anderson brother)
Bucher Anderson (brother)
Shirley C. Anderson (sister)

More information

Sgt Encil D. Anderson worked in a sawmill before he enlisted in the Regular Army at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 18 December 1940.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / West Virginia Birth Index, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, the 5th Infantry division in the ETO
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