Rank and Name, Technician Fifth Grade Raymond A. Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, 2nd Chemical Company, Aviation.
Camp O’Donnell
Tec5. Anderson survived the Death March and the some off the horrific conditions at Camp O’Donnell. about 1500 American and 22,000 Filipino prisoners of war died at Camp O’Donnell from starvation, disease and the brutal treatment received at the hands of the captors during the few months it was open.
Raymond is born approx. on Sep. 30, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois.
Father, Hugo R. Anderson.
Mother, Anna T. (Mullin) Anderson.
Raymond enlisted the service in Illinois with service number # 16000333.
Raymond died as a POW in Camp O’Donnell on June 5, 1942, he is honored with a POW Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Raymond is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
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
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
