Anders, Donald William

Rank and Name, Radioman Third Class Donald William Anders.

Unit/Placed in, USS Escolar (SS-294) Submarine, United States Navy.

Donald is born approx. on Nov. 27, 1922 in Maryland.

Father, Raymond Anders.

Mother, Nellie Anders.

Brother(s), Raymond, and Robert Anders.

Donald enlisted the service in Maryland with service number # 8264807.

Donald was KIA when the USS Escolar was lost, cause unknown on Oct. 17, 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.

Donald is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

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