Andersen, Richard Warren

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Richard Warren Andersen.

Unit/Placed in, USS Lindsay (DM-32) Destroyer/Mine Layer, United States Navy.

Richard is born approx. on 1926 in Minnesota.

Father, Warren D. Andersen.

Mother, Glennis C. Andersen.

Brother(s), Robert D. Andersen.

Richard enlisted the service in Minnesota with service number # 3294853.

Richard was KIA when the USS Lindsay was hit by a Kamikaze plane on April 12, 1945, 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.

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

Courts 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