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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Paul Francis
Date of birth
2 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
6145721
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Feulen, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 11 9

Immediate family

Members
Carl E. Anderson (father)
Leila Anderson (mother)
Winfield E. Anderson (brother)
Herbert W. Anderson (brother)
Mildred Anderson (sister)
Mary Anderson (sister)
Frank Anderson (brother)
Alice P. Anderson (sister)
Henry A. Anderson (brother)
Lillian M. Anderson (sister)
Carl E. Anderson (brother)
Donald Anderson (brother)

More information

Pvt Paul F. Anderson attended college for one year and was an insulation worker before he joined the Regular Army in Graham, North Carolina on 25 February 1939.

He is also remembered at the North Burial Ground in Providence.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Massachusetts Birth Index, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – LuxAmCem / Beth Hurd, Hannah Majewski