Rank and Name, Water Tender Second Class Carl Brown Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, USS Houston (CA-30) Cruiser, United States Navy.
Carl is born approx. on 1908 in Snyder, Texas.
Father, Franklin P. Anderson.
Mother, Rosella (Pork) Anderson.
Sister(s), Amanda M. Josephene H, Irene and Zora Anderson.
Brother(s), Edwyn M. Jim M. and Frank W. Anderson.
Carl enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 3557046.
Carl was KIA when the USS Houston was hit by a torpedo and Sunk during the Battle of Sunda Strait on March 1, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Carl is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.usshouston.org/crewlist/crewroster.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
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.
