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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Stanley M
Date of birth
9 April 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Bayside, New York City, New York
Hometown
New York City, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-1321863
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Executive Officer
Unit
Cannon Company,
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Mosel river crossing in the vicinity of Müden - Lieg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 70

Immediate family

Members
Martin C. Anderson (father)
Anne (Stanley) Anderson (mother)

More information

1st Lt Stanley M. Anderson graduated from Huntington High School on Long Island and attended college. He was employed as assistant manager at R.H. Macy.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 13 October 1942 and was sent overseas in July, 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source:
Peter Schouteten, http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org