Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Carl Victor Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, USS Hoel (DD-533) Destroyer, United States Naval Reseve.
Carl is born approx. on 1925 in Minnesota.
Father, Ivan V. Anderson.
Born in Norway.
Mother, Edna Anderson.
Brother(s), Lawrence and Howard Anderson.
Carl enlisted the service in Washington with service number # 6656668.
Carl was KIA when the ship got several hits and Sunk at the Battle off Samar, Philippines, on Oct. 25, 1944 on Oct. 25, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Carl is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/533.htm
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
