Rank and Name, Private First Class Edward Frank Andervich.
Unit/Placed in, Wpnsco 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division.
Edward is born approx. on Oct. 29, 1923 in Kansas City, Kansas.
Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.
Spouse, Ann Micklick.
Edward enlisted the service in Kansas with service number # 463546.
Edward died off his wounds onboard the USS Doyen, sustained during the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 21, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Edward is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts 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
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com