KURT HENDRICKSON
Kurt H.
Hendrickson, 59, who was bon in Kalmar, Sweden. died Aug. 30, 1982 in
the Veterans Administration Nursing Home.
Mr. Hendrickson moved to the United States when he was nine months
old. He moved to Tucson in 1949 and to Phoenix in 1953. He
was involved in the food and beverage business and worked for Mountain
Shadows Resort and the Arizona Biltmore. Mr. Hendrickson, who was
a member of the American Legion and the Veteran's of Foreign Wars,
served in the Navy* during World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Gem; daughter Keats, sons, Karr and
Kord; five sisters, a brother and four grandchildren.
Services were arranged by the Arizona Burial Cremation Service.
Arizona Republic, 05 Sep
1982, Sun, [First Edition], Page 63
* Note that the obituary
misstated his branch of service! |
[courtesy of R. L. Burnside]Grave marker
for Kurt H. Hendrickson in Section MA, Site 250, National Memorial
Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix (Maricopa county), Arizona.
Kurt enlisted in the Army
at Fort Hayes, OH on 16 September 1942.
Pvt Hendrickson was
assigned to Company A, 508th PIR at Camp Blanding, FL.
He was promoted to Pfc on
21 July 1944.
On 17 February 1945 Pfc
Hendrickson was evacuated to a field hospital and listed as a non-battle
casualty. On 31 May 1945 he was transferred to the hospital's
detachment of patients and did not return to the regiment.
Kurt was discharged on 17
November 1945.
His military decorations
include the Bronze Service Arrowhead device for the Holland campaign and
Airborne operations |
