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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Carl J
Date of birth
14 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York
Hometown
Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York

Military service

Service number
32943223
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 6 4

Immediate family

Members
Carl J. Anderson (father)
Kathryn (Cawley) Anderson (mother)
Lois Anderson (sister)
Marion Anderson (sister)
Peter Anderson (brother)

More information

Pfc Carl J. Anderson attended St. Mary's Institute and was a newspaper boy for the The Recorder.

He enlisted on 4 September 1943 in Albany, New York. He trained at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma and Camp Phillips, Kansas. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

Pfc Anderson was wounded 7 December 1944 and retuned to duty in February, 1945. This earned him his first Purple Heart.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Evening Recorder 6 April 1945