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Personal info

Full name
CHRISTOPHERSON, Alfre
Date of birth
14 February 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Pleasant Valley, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Buffalo County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36249512
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 20 12

Immediate family

Members
Carl Christopherson (father)
Clara E. (Peterson) Christopherson (mother)
Clarence J. Christopherson (brother)
Julia O. Christopherson (sister)
Oscar M. Christopherson (brother)

More information

Pfc Alfred I. Christopherson enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 8 July 1942.
He is remembered at the Pleasant Valley Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery in Pleasant Valley, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – Cyndi Berg Jearman, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – James Seidelman