Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant Walter P. Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division “Tropical Lightning”.
Walter is born approx. on 1919 in Michigan.
Father, Albert L. Anderson.
Mother, Esther C. (Erickson) Anderson.
Sister(s), Blanche A. Anderson.
Brother(s), Harold F. and Lester a Anderson.
Walter enlisted the service in Michigan with service number # 16062562.
Walter was KIA in the fights over the Myko Mountains, Luzon on April 12, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, Combat Infantry Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army & Air Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Walter 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 Oakhurst Cemetery, Whitehall, Muskegon County, Michigan, USA.
Thanks to, http://www.25thida.org/
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
