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Personal info

Full name
SANDERS, George Draper
Date of birth
10 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Eureka, Juab County, Utah
Hometown
Blaine County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
39921885
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 44

Immediate family

Members
Granison M. Sanders (father)
Jessie E. (Pruitt) Sanders (mother)
Maud Sanders (stepmother)
John J. Sanders (brother)
Fay Sanders (sister)

More information

Pvt George D. Sanders enlisted in Boise, Idaho on 20 October 1943.

He attended high school for 2 years and was a driver before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten