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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Alf Gunnar
Date of birth
6 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Hometown
La Grange, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36005137
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Noville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 8 31

Immediate family

Members
Alfred Anderson (father)
Helen Anderson (mother)
Agnes Anderson (sister)
Anna Anderson (sister)
Elizabeth M. (Beckerich) Anderson (wife)

More information

T/5 Alf G. Anderson attended Stuyvesant High School for three years and was employed at the Electro Motive Corporation before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 24 February 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

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 / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Hanna Majewski - Sandra Seidel