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Personal info

Full name
SANDERSON, Ernest B "Sandy"
Date of birth
7 February 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Wichita Falls, Wichita County. Texas
Hometown
Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38146837
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Wallendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Arthur C. Sanderson (father)
Ivy (Hunt) Sanderson (mother)
Pauline Sanderson (sister)
Bryan Sanderson (brother)
Mona R. Sanderson (sister)
Jack Sanderson (brother)
Lester Sanderson (brother)
Glenna Sanderson (sister)
Woodson Sanderson (brother)

More information

T/5 Ernest B. Sanderson was employed at the Michael Sporting Goods store.

He enlisted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 19 March 1942.

Source of information: Nick Lieten www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Family Tree, www.fold3.com - WWII Registration Draft Card, www.5ad.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - soilsister, Guthrie Register-News - 12 October 1944