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Personal info

Full name
ANDERSON, Richard O
Date of birth
4 January 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois
Hometown
Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36672896
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
C Troop
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Klötze, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 13 22

Immediate family

Members
Oscar G. Anderson (father)
Hasel G. Anderson (mother)
Eugene Anderson (brother)
Shirley Anderson (sister)
Helen Anderson (sister)
Hazel Anderson (sister)
Sandra Anderson (sister)

More information

Pfc Richard O. Anderson graduated from East Moline High School and worked at the Moline Tool Company.

He was first buried in a temporary grave at Margraten on 26 April 1945. He was disinterred on 19 August 1948 and his remains were prepared and placed in a casket on 14 October 1948. He was given his final resting place on 25 January 1949.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Janice Monk, www.wwiimemorial.com, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Dispatch Moline - 30 April 1945