Anderson, Arthur William

Rank and Name, LtJg. Arthur William Anderson.

Unit/Placed in, USS Wasp (CV-18) (Carrier Air Group 86), United States Naval Reserve.

Arthur is born approx. on 1924 in Wisconsin.

Mother, Ellen K. Anderson.

Sister(s), Arline D. and Ruth M. Anderson.

Brother(s), Carl A. Anderson.

Arthur enlisted the service in Michigan with service number # 0-347396.

Arthur died on a training accident (towed spar) on board the USS Wasp CVC-18 on July 22, 1945, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to, https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cvg86-45/244.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