Anderson, James Wesley

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class James Wesley Anderson.

Unit/Placed in, USS Hull (DD-350) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

James is born approx. on June 9, 1926 in Polk County, Wisconsin.

Father, Julius E. Anderson.

Mother, Minnie L. (Christopherson) Anderson.

Brother(s), Harold R. LaVerne E. Robert W. and Harvey L. Anderson.

James enlisted the service in Wisconsin with service number # 7582269.

James died when his ship Sunk during the Typhoon Cobra in the Philippine Sea on Dec. 18, 1944, 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.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to,

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