Ingvar Fredrick Anderson

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  • Name: Ingvar Fredrick Anderson
  • Location of Birth: Mercer, North Dakota
  • Date of Birth: June 5, 1913
  • Date of Death: October 25, 1982 (69 years old)
  • Parents: Hans Anderson and Elsie (Nielsen) Anderson
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  • Branch: Army
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  • Date Sworn In: May 4, 1942 (Enlistment Date)
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  • Date of Discharge: November 26, 1945 (Discharge Date)
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    Information in the United States, World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947:
    Name: Ingvar Fredrick Anderson
    Gender: Male
    Race: White
    Age: 27
    Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
    Birth Date: June 5, 1913
    Birth Place: Mercer, North Dakota, USA
    Residence Place: Grand Rapids, Itasca, Minnesota, USA
    Registration Date: October 16, 1940
    Registration Place: Grand Rapids, Itasca, Minnesota, USA
    Employer: Leo Buckley
    Height: 5' 7"
    Weight: 150
    Complexion: Light Brown
    Hair Color: Brown
    Eye Color: Blue
    Next of Kin: Elsie Anderson (mother)

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    World War II

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  • Civilian Life:
    Ingvar was born in Mercer, North Dakota and came to Deer River, Minnesota as a child. He worked in the Grand Rapids, Minnesota area and was a retired Post Office employee. He moved to Elk River, Minnesota in 1981 and made his home with a niece and her husband, Jim and Sue Armstrong.

    He is survived by four sisters, Ethel Jordheim, Marion O'Brien, Muriel White, and Alice Elliott and several nieces and nephews.

    Buried in Itasca Calvary Cemetery at Grand Rapids, Minnesota. (Plot I-B-11-3-1)

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