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Personal info

Full name
KALANDER, Victor Irving
Date of birth
11 November 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31335684
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
557th Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
26 January 1945
Place of death
Heerlen, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 12 9

Immediate family

Members
Louis Kalander (father)
Rebecca (Joseph) Kalander (mother)
William R. Kalander (brother)

More information

Pfc Victor I. Kalander enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 8 June 1943.

He entered the Service as a Private. He attended the University of Connecticut at Storrs, worked as a clerk and was single, without dependents.

Pfc Kalander was assigned to Fire Direction Center. While on duty, a malady later diagnosed as hemorrhagic diatheses suddenly overcame him and without regaining consciousness, he passed away the following day.

Source of information: Jac Engels, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.seemyaccount.com - The history of the 557th Field Artillery Battalion, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - University of Connecticut School Yearbook 1940