Anderson, Billie Moore

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Billie Moore Anderson.

Unit/Placed in, USS Spectacle (AM-305) Minesweeper, United States Naval Reserve.

Billie is born approx. on 1927 in Tennessee.

Father, Lovell M. Anderson.

Mother, Lois Anderson.

Sister(s), Mary L. Anderson.

Billie enlisted the service in Tennessee with service number # 7837150.

Billie was KIA when a “Betty” Mitsubishi G4M Kamikaze hit the USS Spectacle on May 22, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Billie is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/02305.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