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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Deyrell C
Date of birth
18 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri
Hometown
Ventura County, California

Military service

Service number
39593866
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 17 2

Immediate family

Members
Travis O. Anderson (father)
Elsie (Cunningham) Anderson (mother)
Clinton D. Anderson (brother)

More information

Pfc Deyrell C. Anderson attended high school for one year and was a chauffeur.

He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 17 Juli 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.comwww.findagrave.com - James L. Cooper, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Harrie de Bruijn, Amy Hahn - courtesy of Bert Kleijnen, Stichting Adoptie Graven Amerikaanse Begraafplaats Margraten