Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Harold Richard Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, Marine Scout Bomber Squadron 133 (VMSB-133), United States Marine Corps.
Harold is born approx. on Aug. 24, 1921 in Salt Lake, Utah.
Father, Harold P. Anderson.
Mother, Esther M. (Kjar) Anderson.
Sister(s), Helen N. Anderson.
Brother(s), Robert J. and Robert Q. Anderson.
Harold enlisted the service in Utah with service number # 0-021183.
Harold ‘s Crew-member and their position on-board the plane a Douglas SBD Dauntless were,
Corp. Edwin L. Hendrickson Gunner
Anderson was practicing dive bombing when the plane crashed into the sea. Boats were dispatched from the island but found nothing
Harold died in a plane accident on Jan. 25, 1944, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Harold is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Memory Grove Memorial, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, 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
