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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, William Joseph
Date of birth
3 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36284868
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
1st Battalion,
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 70

Immediate family

Members
Carl Anderson (father)
Marguerite (Corbertt) Anderson (mother)

More information

Pfc William J. Anderson attended high school for one year and worked in a radio and phonograph factory.

He enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 21 November 1942.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Orville L. Kline, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Milwaukee Journal - 2 February 1945