Rank and Name, Corporal Ansgar Raymond Andersen.
Unit/Placed in, 440th Ordnance Company, Aviation.
Camp no record
The Imperial Japanese began their Invasion in the Philippines on 8 Dec 1941.
The 440th resorted to fighting together among American and Filipino forces when compelled to surrender on 9 Apr 1942.
Corporal Andersen became a POW and was imprisoned at Pow Camp no record, he survived the Bataan Death March, but died shortly after it.
Ansgar is born approx. on Nov. 1, 1918 in Waterloo, Iowa.
Father, Ansgar L. Andersen.
Mother, Lola M. (Blanchard) Andersen.
Sister(s), Maxime C. and Phillis M. Andersen.
Brother(s), Leslie E. Andersen.
Ansgar enlisted the service in Minnesota with service number # 13000424.
Ansgar died as a POW in Camp no record on Aug. 11, 1942, he is honored with a POW Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Ansgar 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
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
The Ordnance Corps
The broad mission of the Ordnance Corps is to supply Army combat units with weapons and ammunition, including at times their procurement and maintenance. Along with the Quartermaster Corps and Transportation Corps, it forms a critical component of the U.S. Army logistics system.
