Anderson, Donald Ralph

Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Donald Ralph Anderson.

Unit/Placed in, Marine Attack Squadron 124 (VMF-124), Marine Corps.

Donald is born approx. on 1912 in Illinois.

Father, David Anderson.

Mother, Mary Anderson.

Brother(s), John Anderson.

Donald enlisted the service in Illinois with service number # O-0265509.

Donald died on a Combat Patrol in bad weather, probably went in a spun when climbing and crashed on Jan. 14, 1945, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Donald is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, http://www.airgroup4.com/marine.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