Rank and Name, Fireman First Class Roy Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, USS LST-167, Coast Guard.
Roy is born approx. on no record.
Roy enlisted the service in California with service number # 576427.
Roy was KIA during the landing with the USS LST-167 at Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands when it was Hit by 2 Enemy Bombs on Sep. 25, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Coast Gurd Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Coast Guard Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Roy is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, https://www.cgemf.org/fallen/lst-167
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
