Magnesen

Born:29 November 1919 - Maywood, Illinois

Parents: Berger Magnesen & Harriet Bauman-Magnesen

Siblings: 1 sister, 1 brother

Home:

- 812 South Sixth Avenue - Maywood, Illinois

Education:

- Emerson School

- Proviso Township High School

- Graduation Class: 1937

Occupation: Campbell Soup Company

Inducted:

- U.S. Army

- 18 October 1941

Serial Number: 36302966

Training:

- Camp Walters, Mineral Wells, Texas

Unit: 165 Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division

Engagements:

- Battle of Makin

- Battle of Saipan - 15 June 1944

Died of Wounds:

- 26 June 1944

Buried:

- Chapel Hill Gardens West - Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois

- Section: Garden of Devotion Grave: 32-D

- 15 June 1948

Medals: Purple Heart