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Personal info

Full name
MAGNUSON, Einar Rudolph
Date of birth
3 December 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Bisbee, Towner County, North Dakota
Hometown
Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36282043
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
52nd Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
18 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 8 25

Immediate family

Members
Knute H. Magnuson (father)
Elisabeth Magnuson (mother)

More information

T/5 Einar R. Magnuson enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 10 November 1942.

He was taken prisoner around 18 December 1944 and died in a POW camp.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, After Action Report 52nd Armored Infantry Battalion

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem