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Personal info

Full name
SKOOG, Gordon Arthur
Date of birth
3 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Orrock, Sherburne County, Minnesota
Hometown
Orrock, Sherburne County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37553884
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 September 1944
Place of death
Charleville-Mezières, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 29 14

Immediate family

Members
Arthur H. Skoog (father)
Stella C. (Bergerson) Skoog (mother)
Lois M. Skoog (sister)
Sylvia R. Skoog (sister)
Joyce B. Skoog (sister)
Harriet Skoog (sister)

More information

Pfc Gordon A. Skoog attended 1 year of high school and worked at the Zimmerman Creamery.

His grandfather at both his father’s and mother’s side emigrated from Norway.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – Headstone Inscription and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com – Registration Card, www.5ad.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – Family Tree, www.familysearch.org – Family Tree