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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Oskar
Date of birth
4 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Stavanger, Norway
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36680180
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 9 53

Immediate family

Members
John E. Anderson (father)

More information

Pvt Oskar Anderson 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 Records, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card


Photo source: -www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery