Anderson, Irwin Corinthis

Rank and Name, Steward’s Mate First Class Irwin Corinthis Anderson.

Unit/Placed in, USS Arizona (BB-39) Battleship, United States Navy.

James is born approx. on 1916 in Virginia.

Father, Jonas M. Anderson.

Mother, Jessie G. Anderson.

Sister(s), Bernerdene A. and Martha T. Anderson.

Brother(s), Marcellus J. Anderson.

James enlisted the service in Virginia with service number # 2656979.

James was KIA during the Japanese Air Raid on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, 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.

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

Courts of the missing.

He is also mentioned and buried at the USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, 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/