Louis Carroll Anderson (1920 - 1996)

Born 9 Jul 1920 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Husband of Patricia Lenore (Russell) Anderson — married 1949 in Iowa, United States

Died 4 Dec 1996 at age 76 in Kankakee, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Private Louis Anderson served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started: 26 Sep 1942
Unit(s): 960th Engineer Topographic Company
Service ended:

Louis served with the 960th Engineer Aviation Topographic Company during WW2. ^[1]

He was born in 1920 to Louis Anderson and Katherine Mateer. ^[2] He was living with his father in the household of Frank Jordans in 1930. ^[3] His parents were divorced by 1940, when he was living with his remarried mother and stepfather. ^[4]

He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942. ^[5] He married Patricia Lenore Russell in 1949.

Louis passed away in 1996. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Personnel Directory page 3
2. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7QY-294 : 18 May 2016), Louis Carroll Anderson, 09 Jul 1920; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 57067, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,309,449.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSTZ-6ZN : accessed 9 April 2022), Louis Anderson in household of Frank A Jordans, Chicago (Districts 0001-0250), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 229, sheet 27B, line 56, family 520, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 423; FHL microfilm 2,340,158.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW1N-7DK : 28 July 2019), Louis Anderson in household of Walter Wolff, Ward 30, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-1901, sheet 3A, line 5, family 47, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 981.
5. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMKD-XQF : 5 December 2014), Louis C Anderson, enlisted 26 Sep 1942, Chicago, Illinois, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV3-2Z86 : 26 July 2019), Louis C Anderson, 1996; Burial, Bourbonnais, Kankakee, Illinois, United States of America, All Saints Cemetery; citing record ID 6292137, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.