Rank and Name, Radio Technician Second Class Fred Harvey Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, USS Herring (SS-233) Submarine, United States Naval Reserve.
Fred is born approx. on Sep. 8, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois.
Father, Fred Anderson.
Mother, Ida (Hallstrom) Anderson.
Parents born in Sweden.
Fred enlisted the service in Illinois with service number # 7245165.
Fred was KIA when the Submarine was shot and sunk by shore batteries on June 1, 1944, 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.
Fred is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Evergreen Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
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
