Rank and Name, Torpedoman’s Mate Second Class Victor John Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, USS Flier (SS-250) Submarine, United States Navy.
Victor is born approx. on Aug. 30, 1922 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Father, Carl Anderson.
Mother, Ann O. M. (Huusom) Anderson.
Brother(s), Robert G. and Carl J. Anderson Jr.
Victor enlisted the service in Michigan with service number # 3117567.
Victor was KIA when the USS Flier Hit a mine and sunk on Aug. 13, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Victor 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 Great Lakes National Cemetery,
Holly, Oakland County, Michigan, USA.
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
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
