Anderson, Odis Herman – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Boatswain Odis Herman Anderson.

Unit/Placed in, USAT Dorchester (Troopship), United States Navy.

The Dorchester is also remembered today for the story of the

Four Chaplains who went down with her.

Odis is born approx. on 26 Sep. 1917 in Smithfield, West Virginia.

Father, Elza E. Anderson.

Mother, Ora B. Anderson.

Sister(s), Reba D. and Orpha M. Anderson.

Brother(s), Herman O. James C. Alvin D. Douglas H. Fred R. Larry G. and Elza E. Anderson Jr.

Spouse, Lilian M. Anderson.

Odis enlisted the service in West Virginia with service number # 199306.

Odis was KIA when the ship was torpedoed by the U-boat U-233, on Feb. 3, 1943, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, American Defense Service Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Odis is buried/mentioned at East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA.

Tablets of the missing.

Odis also has a Memorial Grave at West Virginia National Cemetery

Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia, USA.

Thanks to, http://www.americanveteranscenter.org/avc-media/radio/documentaries/no-greater-love-the-four-chaplains-and-the-sinking-of-the-dorchester/

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KHBP-LXH

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org