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Leslie Willard Anderson
Lilah Crowe2021-03-21T10:16:58-05:00
- Name: Leslie Willard Anderson
- Location of Birth: Bena, Minnesota
- Date of Birth: August 6, 1917
- Date of Death: October 16, 1973
- Parents: Knute Anderson & Anna (Sandstrom) Anderson
- High School and Class: 1934 Greenway High School, Coleraine, Minnesota
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- Highest Rank: ENSIGN
- Branch: Coast Guard
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- Date of Discharge: December 4, 1945
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WW II Draft Registration Cards – 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947
State: Minnesota
Name: Leslie Willard Anderson
Race: White
Age: 23
Birth Date: August 6, 1917
Birth Place: Bena, Minnesota
Residence Place: Grand Rapids, Itasca, Minnesota, USA
Registration Date: October 16, 1940
Employer: Great Northern Railway Co.
Weight: 180
Height: 5-10
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Next of Kin: Mrs. Knute R. Anderson, Grand Rapids, Itasca, Minnesota, USA
Leslie Willard Anderson trained at New London, Connecticut before being sent overseas. He served on an LST in the Pacific combat area, and participated in the invasions of Leyte and Luzon in the Philippines and Okinawa.
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World War II
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Leslie Anderson was married to Verna Huntosh.
Leslie Anderson died in Hennepin County, Minnesota and is buried in Hazelwood Cemetery, Blackberry Township, Itasca County, Minnesota (plot 20N, 4, 6) .
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