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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, John Ernest
Date of birth
15 February 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Toccoa, Clayton County, Georgia
Hometown
Clayton County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34948631
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
701st Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
11 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 15 2

Immediate family

Members
John E. Anderson (father)
Alpha E. (Thomas) Anderson (mother)
John B. Anderson (brother)
Paul J. Anderson (brother)
Cassie Anderson (sister)
Gene Anderson (brother)
Pearl A. Anderson (sister)
Arthur Anderson (brother)
Frances E. Anderson (wife)
Janette Anderson (daughter)
Shirley Anderson (daughter)
Christeene Anderson (daughter)
Ernesteene Anderson (daughter)
Ray Anderson (son)

More information

Pvt John E. Anderson was killed by a sniper after exiting his tank to help a wounded fellow soldier.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Hannah Majewski - Doug Cheek and the Anderson family, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees, www.newpapers.com – The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia 4 May 1945, www.fold3.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof, Hannah Majewski - Doug Cheek and the Anderson Family