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Personal info

Full name
HANSON, Dewayne Charles
Date of birth
4 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Clinton, Barron County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Clinton, Barron County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36286413
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
Orscholz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 6 44

Immediate family

Members
Charles H. Hanson (father)
Gladys A. (Alderman) Hanson (mother)
Deloris V. Hanson (sister)
Gordon M. Hanson (brother)
Dwight J. Hanson (brother)
Henrietta M. Hanson (sister)
Muriel M. (Bussewitz) Hanson (wife)
Linda S. Hanson (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Dewayne C. Hanson attended high school for 1 year and was a county agent and farm demonstrator before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 28 November 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Stodola Davis Blair Tree, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery