Anderson, Delbert Jake

Rank and Name, Boatswain Mate Second Class, Delbert Jake Anderson.

Unit/Placed in, USS Arizona (BB-39) Battle ship, United States Navy.

Delbert is born approx. on July 26, 1917 in Verona, North Dakota.

Father, Edwin S. Anderson.

Mother, Laura L. (Stokes) Anderson.

Sister(s), Agda L. Lavina B. and Olega L.Anderson.

Brother(s), Roy E. Delmer J. Edwin D. Robert B. and Robert E. Anderson.

Delbert enlisted the service in Minnesota with service number # 3284713.

Delbert was KIA when the USS Arizona was attacked and Bombed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941, 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.

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

Courts of the missing.

He is also is buried/mentioned at USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota, USA.

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