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Personal info

Full name
HANSEN, Lewis Henry
Date of birth
1 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho
Hometown
Salem, Marion County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39319403
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
41st Tank Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lavaselle, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 6 18

Immediate family

Members
George H. Hansen (father)
Betty J. (Young) Hansen (mother)
Alice M. Hansen (sister)
Delmar G. Hansen (brother)
Helen J. Hansen (sister)
Cecelia G. Hansen (sister)
Ethel F. Hansen (sister)

More information

T/4 Lewis H. Hansen attended high school for three years and was a paymaster.

He enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 12 October 1942. He received his training at Camp Polk, Louisiana, Camp Barkley, Texas and Camp Cooke, California and was sent overseas in November 1944.

He died of wounds, caused by artillery shrapnel.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, http://www.11tharmoreddivision.com, www.newspapers.com - Statesman Journal 25 January 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Statesman Journal 25 January 1945