Rank and Name, Private Laverne M. Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, 169th Field Artillery Battalion, 43rd Infantry Division ‘Winged Victory”.
Laverne is born approx. on 1921 in Wisconsin.
Father, Robert Anderson.
Mother, Emma C. Anderson.
Sister(s), Marjorie R. Anderson.
Laverne enlisted the service in Wisconsin with service number # 16094725.
Laverne died of his wounds sustained during battle with the enemy, during the initial attacked and invasion on Luzon. Jan. 10, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Laverne is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Hillside Cemetery, Ogema, Price County, Wisconsin, USA.
Thanks to, https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160488.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
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
