Rank and Name, Private Edward A. Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division “Buckeye Division”.
Edward is born approx. on 1929 in New Jersey.
Father, Thomas L. Anderson.
Mother, Esther Anderson.
Brother(s), Thomas E. Anderson.
Edward enlisted the service in New Jersey with service number # 32778700.
Edward was KIA in the fights with the Japanese near the City Hall on Feb. 16, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Edward is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Chester, Morris County, New Jersey, 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
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
