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World War IIUS Army378 Infantry Regiment, 95th Division Service Number: 37128873 Born: August 13, 1920, Eckley, Colorado Inducted: June 25, 1942, Fort Crook, Nebraska Killed in Action: November 18, 1944 in France Buried: US Military Cemetery, Limey, France Reinterred: September 10, 1948, Section 13, Row 4, Evergreen Cemetery, Anita, Iowa Combat Infantry Badge, Purple Heart |
Son of Ed Anderson of Anita, Cass County, Iowa, formerly of Eckley.
December 13, 1944 - Atlantic News Telegraph, Atlantic, Iowa
Missing In Action
Anita - Mr. and Mrs. Ed Anderson of Anita have received word that their son Pfc. Leon Anderson, was missing in action in France as of Nov. 18.
December 29, 1944 - Atlantic News Telegraph, Atlantic, Iowa
Missing Anitan Listed as Dead
Anita - Pfc. Leon Anderson, listed as missing in action in France Nov. 18, was killed in action on that date, the war department has advised his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Anderson, of south-west of Anita.
Pfc. Anderson was born Aug. 13, 1921, at Eckley, Colo., and moved to Anita with his parents when he was about 13 years old. He enter service two years ago and went overseas last July. The last letter received from him by his parents was dated Nov. 4.
February 15, 1945 - Wray Rattler
Former Eckleyite is Killed in Action in France on Nov. 18
PFC Leon E. Anderson, 24, a former Eckley boy, was killed in action in France on November 18 of last year, it was learned here. The young man was born on August 13, 1920, four miles north of Eckley. He lived there with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Anderson, until he was 13 years old, and then the family moved to Anita, Iowa, onto a farm a mile southwest of that place. PFC Anderson attended school in Anita and graduated from high school there. He was serving in the 95th division in the 8th army under General Patton. He entered army service about a year ago and had previously been farming with his father. He is a nephew of Mrs. Roy Jacobs and J.F. Gardner of the Eckley community.
March 22, 1945 - Yuma Pioneer
Gives Life for Country
(Caption for Photo shown above)PFC. Leon Anderson, former Eckley boy who was killed in action in France on November 18, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Anderson of Antia, Iowa. He was a nephew of Mrs. Roy Jacobs and J.F. Gardner of the Eckley community.
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