Rank and Name, Seaman Apprentice Donald G. Andersen.
Unit/Placed in, SS Connecticut (Tanker Ship), United States Naval Reserve.
Donald is born on 1918 in Minnesota.
Mother, Mary Andersen.
Sister(s), Dolores Andersen.
Brother(s), Arnold and Vernon Andersen.
Spouse, Selma L. Andersen.
Donald enlisted the service in Wisconsin with service number # 6381966.
Donald was KIA when the SS Connecticut was hit and Sunk by a Torpedo from the German Torpedo boat LS-4 Esau on 22 April 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, WW II Victory Medal.
Donald is buried/mentioned East Coast Memorial
Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Connecticut_(1938)
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
