Rank and Name, Sergeant Robert E. Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, 53rd Field Artillery Battalion, 6th Infantry Division “Red Star”.
Robert is born approx. on 1915 in Washington.
Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.
Spouse, Eunice (Dye) Anderson.
Robert enlisted the service in Washington with service number # 39181166.
Robert was KIA when his unit protecting Manila, got under Japanese fire on June 17, 1945, he is honored with a Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Marksmanship Badge, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Robert 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
