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Personal info

Full name
ANDERS, Herman Albert
Date of birth
21 November 1910
Age
33
Place of birth
Buckeye, Hardin County, Iowa
Hometown
Wilder, Canyon County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
39676328
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
66th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 October 1944
Place of death
Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 11 7

Immediate family

Members
Wilhelm K.J. Anders (father)
Caroline W. (Radke) Anders (mother)
Frank C.W. Anders (brother)
Marie M.C. Anders (brother)
Walter A.F. Anders (brother)
Charlotte J. Anders (sister)
Ernest E.W. Anders (brother)
Sophia H.A. Anders (sister)
Lillian B.H. Anders (sister)
William C.J. Anders (brother)
Arnold C.F. Anders (brother)

More information

Herman Anders's parents were born in Germany and moved to America in the early 1890s.

He had been overseas since October 1942 and served in Sicily, England, France, Belgium and Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com Mason City Globe 1944

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com