Post 140 Grand Meadow, Minnesota

Post 140

Grand Meadow, Minnesota

Post 140 Grand Meadow, Minnesota

About This Post

Post Namesake

Harry Theron Anderson 

Parents:  Mr. and Mrs. Arne Anderson 

Birth:  May 31, 1895, Elkton, Clayton Township, Mower County, Minnesota 

Death:  November 4, 1918, France 

Burial:  Bear Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Grand Meadow, Mower County, Minnesota 

Education:  Agricultural School, St. Paul 

Occupation:  Farming 

Residence:  Grand Meadow 

Entered service May 26, 1918 at Austin, Minnesota.  Assigned to Company M, 308 Regiment, 77th Division.  Trained at Camp Lewis and Camp Kearney.  Embarked from Brooklyn Navy Yards, August 9, 1918, and arrived at Birkenhead, England, August 21.  Went into active service in September, in the Argonne.  Wounded October 14, 1918.  Under medical care three weeks at Base Hospital No. 27, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France where he died of wounds.