Anderson, Harry Rudolph

Rank and Name, Corporal Harry R. Anderson.

Unit/Placed in, 777^th Bomber Squadron, 444^th Bomber Group (Very Heavy).

Harry is born approx. on Dec. 14, 1921 in Roseau, Minnesota.

Father, Erick B. Anderson.

Mother, Hilma (Peterson) Anderson.

Brother(s), Helmer P. Henry E. Harold T. Herman A. and Herbert B. Anderson.

Harry enlisted the service in Minnesota with service number # 19179062.

Harry ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-29 were,

Major John B. DuBose Jr. Pilot

2^nd Lt. Lois F. Beard Jr. Co Pilot

2^nd Lt. William C. Powell Jr. Navigator

F/O. George R. Howard Bombardier

Sgt. Harold W. McWilliams Engineer

2^nd Lt. John F. Flynn Jr. Radar Operator

Sgt. Alfred B. Nowlin Radio Operator

Sgt. Ivan D. Barker Top Gunner

Corp. Curtis L. Meadows Right Waist Gunner

Corp. Harry R. Anderson Left Waist Gunner

Corp. Leon R. Weber Tail Gunner

Harry died on a mission to Tokyo reason Unknown- no message received on May 25, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Air Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Courts of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery,

Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA.

Thanks to, https://www.444thbg.org/

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