Anderson, William James

Rank and Name, Coxwain William James Anderson.

Unit/Placed in, USS Hailey (DD-556) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

William is born approx. on no record.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

Spouse, Frances J. Anderson.

William enlisted the service in Arkansas with service number # 6300217.

William was KIA during the Invasion on Eniwetok onboard the USS Hailey on Feb. 17, 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.

William is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to, https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/about-us/leadership/director/directors-corner/h-grams/h-gram-026/H-026-2.html

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