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Casualty Info
Home Town Fairbury
Casualty Date Sep 28, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Netherlands
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment American Cemetery - Margraten, Netherlands
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)/Operation Market Garden
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Description "35,000 troops, 11,377 dead, wounded or missing, 6,450 captured. Objective was to secure series of bridges over main rivers of German occupied Netherlands. Strategic purpose was to allow allied crossing of the Rhine River. The last natural barrier
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Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories Cpl Hansen was killed in action on 28 September 1944 during this operation.