Anderson, Chester William

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Chester William Anderson.

Unit/Placed in, USS Juneau (CL-52) Cruiser, United States Navy.

Chester is born approx. on 1923 in Massachusetts.

Mother, Hulda Anderson.

Born in Finland.

Sister(s), Thelma Anderson.

Brother(s), Philip and Walter Anderson.

Chester enlisted the service in Massachusetts with service number # 2022222.

Chester was KIA When the USS Juneau was hit and sunk by the Japanese Submarine I-26 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on Nov. 13, 1942, 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.

Manila 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/04/052/04052.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