Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Darby Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, USS Borie (DD-704) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
Darby is born approx. on 1924 in Kentucky.
Father, George Y. Anderson.
Mother, Ruth Anderson.
Sister(s), Rena Anderson.
Darby enlisted the service in Kentucky with service number # 8672607.
Darby was KIA when the USS Borie was hit by a Kamikaze on Aug. 9, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Darby is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/704.htm
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
