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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, John Andrew
Date of birth
7 September 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-1017327
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Longvilly, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 16 25

Immediate family

Members
John B. Anderson (father)
Mary A. (Nordberg) Anderson (mother)
Albert Anderson (brother)
Ellen Anderson (sister)
Charlotte (Boehm) Anderson (wife)
John A. Anderson Jr. (son)
Joel T. Anderson (son)

More information

1st Lt John A. Anderson graduated from Academy High School and was a manager and official before he enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 15 September 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania WWII Veteran Compensation Application Files, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Karen / Dave Hansen, www.ancestry.com - Anika Ekstrom