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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Edward Everett "Ted"
Date of birth
7 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Danielson, Windham County, Connecticut
Hometown
Danielson, Windham County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31468248
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Putschei-Weiler, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 9 12

Immediate family

Members
Edward W. Anderson (father)
Anna B. (Dodge) Anderson (mother)
Ella C. Anderson (sister)
Hilda M. Anderson (sister)
Mildred N. Anderson (sister)
Mary E. (Delahunt) Anderson (wife)
Michael Anderson (son)
Jane Anderson (daughter)

More information

Pfc Edward E. Anderson graduated from Killingly High School and was a clerk.

He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 26 May 1944.

Pfc Anderson is remembered at South Cemetery in Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Shane Frye Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Joy Riggers / ASB, Killingly High School 1929, 1930