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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Harold Eugene
Date of birth
21 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina
Hometown
Marion, McDowell County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34867945
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
Near Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 6 52

Immediate family

Members
Nathan P. Anderson (father)
Lula P. (Bauguess) Anderson (mother)
Doris Anderson (sister)
Marguerite L. (Laughridge) Anderson (wife)
William E. Anderson (son)

More information

Pfc Harold E. Anderson attended attended Mars Hill College for two years and was a draftsman before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 20 June 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Barger Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1940 Census, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Mars Hill College 1942