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CARLSON, Sivert Julius - Date of
birth
12 April 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Dalbo, Isanti County, Minnesota -
Hometown
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36989275 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
11 April 1945 - Place of
death
Unneberg, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 9 | 12 |
Immediate family
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Members
George C. Carlson (father)
Bertha M. (Danielson) Carlson (mother)
Bernice Carlson (sister)
Russell Carlson (brother)
Melvin Carlson (brother)
Magdaline Carlson (wife)
Shirley A. Carlson (daughter)
Everett W. Carlson (son)
More information
Sgt Sivert J. Carlson was sent overseas in December 1944.The men were walking up a gravel road which turned diagonal upwards. It was just outside Unneberg and they almost reached the top of the hill where the road lead us when we came across four or five German soldiers at a curve of the road. It was already late in the afternoon when the group of unarmed German soldiers came out of a little bush waving with a white flag for surrender. At a certain moment the German soldiers jumped into a ditch at the right side of the road and took their guns which they hide there and started to fire at us. Everything happened so fast and everybody was such surprised that they were too late to respond in time. One MP-sergeant dropped down at the road at a certain distance ahead of them. Probably the Germans thougt he was dead. Sgt York was instantly killed and Sgt Sivert Carlson lay death on the road. The MP-sergeant which had screamed for help was now death also.
Source of information : Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, www.heroesforever.nl, The Margraten Boys (2012) by Peter Schrijvers
Photo source: Hans van Toer, Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com