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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Alvin Palmer
Date of birth
20 December 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Buffalo, Cass County, North Dakota
Hometown
Buffalo, Cass County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
37556414
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Morhet, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 24

Immediate family

Members
Johan A. Anderson (father)
Ingeborg (Saeter) Anderson (mother)
Ernest W. Anderson (brother)
Arthur S. Anderson (brother)
Cora J. Anderson (sister)
Frances V. Anderson (sister)
Eva J. Anderson (sister)
Alice M. Anderson (sister)
May L. Anderson (sister)

More information

Pfc Alvin P. Anderson 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, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Köhilström Tree, www.findagrave.com – Kateb, www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Pam Deariner