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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Arthur Carl
Date of birth
3 September 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Hometown
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37694248
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Wallendorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 96

Immediate family

Members
Ivor Anderson (father)
Hannah (Larson) Anderson (mother)
Phillip O. Anderson (brother)
Norman F. Anderson (brother)
Mildred R. Anderson (sister)
Herman R. Anderson (brother)
Arnold R. Anderson (brother)
Jeanine A. Anderson (sister)
Hazel E. (Halleen) Anderson (wife)

More information

Pvt Arthur C. Anderson attended high school for three years and was a salesman employed by Boyd Casket Company before he enlisted at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 31 March 1944.

He was killed by a bullet in his head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com