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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Harry Caroll
Date of birth
11 November 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
De Soto County, Mississippi
Hometown
Hernando, De Soto County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34925345
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Dié, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 15 29

Immediate family

Members
Harry C. Anderson (father)
Tallulah (Lauderdale) Anderson (mother)
Georgia Anderson (sister)
Leslie E. Anderson (brother)
Arthur W. Anderson (brother)

More information

Pvt Harry C. Anderson attended college for four years and worked on the family farm.

He enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 23 October 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the leg and abdominal thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy