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Personal info

Full name
CHRISTENSEN, Dean Franklin
Date of birth
19 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Northfield, Dakota County, Minnesota
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39255984
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 72

Immediate family

Members
Harley Christensen (father)
Mabel K. (Bille) Christensen (mother)
Earl Christensen (brother)
Allen Christensen (brother)

More information

Sgt Dean F. Christensen attended high school for three years and was employed at Lockheed Aircraft Company in Burbank, California.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten