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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Leorne William
Date of birth
26 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota
Hometown
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39472096
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
398th Infantry Regiment,
100th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
Althorn, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 11 40

Immediate family

Members
Ellert Anderson (father)
Matilda M. (Heady) Anderson (mother)
Laverne Anderson (brother)
Leone Anderson (brother)
Lloyd L. Anderson (brother)
Leroy H. Anderson (brother)
Leland Anderson (brother)
Morna E. (Smith) Anderson (wife)
Leorne W. Anderson (son)

More information

Pfc Leorne W. Anderson was employed at the Fritz-Kemp Millwork Company before he enlisted at Fort Lewis, Washington on 21 March 1944. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Anderson Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.marshallfoundation.org - Company list, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jummy Cotton, www.newspapers.com – Rapid City Journal - 15 February 1945, https://worldwartwoveterans.org/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com - Lollielu, www.newspapers.com - Rapid City Journal