Anderson, Howard Taisey

Rank and Name, Fireman First Class Howard Taisey Anderson.

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

Howard is born approx. on Feb. 7, 1921 in North Dakota.

Father, Thomas Anderson.

Mother, Hannah K (Amundson) Anderson.

Born in Norway.

Brother(s), Arthur and Clarence Anderson.

Howard enlisted the service in North Dakota with service number # 3287566.

Howard was KIA when the Japanese Bombed 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.

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

Courts of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave and is Mentioned at USS Arizona Memorial

Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, 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