Rank and Name, Sergeant John P. Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, 75th Bomber Squadron, 42nd Bomber Group (Medium).
John is born approx. on 1913 in Wisconsin.
Father, James P. Anderson.
Mother, Marie M. (Rasmusson) Anderson.
Sister(s), Mabel and Esther J. Andeson.
Brother(s), Andrew, Edward, Mervin F. and Hans Anderson.
John enlisted the service in Wisconsin with service number # 16023281.
John ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-25 were,
2nd Lt. William E. Eastwood Jr. Pilot
2nd Lt. John W. Shepheard Jr. Co Pilot
2nd Lt. Abraham Goldstein Bombardier/Navigator
SSgt. Raymon H. Dampman Engineer/Gunner
SSgt. Theodore Broderick III Radio Operator/Gunner
Sgt. John P. Anderson Aerial Gunner
John was KIA in the Mission to bomb Rabaul City, they never heard off on Jan. 22, 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
John is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/42nd_Bombardment_Group.html
https://www.pacificwrecks.com/airfields/solomons/stirling/index.html
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
