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Personal info

Full name
DOBSON, Calvin Cecil
Date of birth
24 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Tooele, Tooele County, Utah
Hometown
Tooele, Tooele County, Utah

Military service

Service number
39911135
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
Moircy, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 3

Immediate family

Members
Cecil H. Dobson (father)
Ella (McLaws) Dobson (mother)
Joan Dobson (sister)
Dorothy Dobson (sister)
Corinne Dobson (sister)

More information

Sgt Calvin C. Dobson graduated from Tooele High School and attended Utah State Agricultural college for one year.

He enlisted in Salt Lake City, Utah on 5 March 1943. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

Sgt Dobson 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 - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Salt Lake Tribune 22 January 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Astrid