Anderson Jr. , Sewell Dennis

Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Sewell Dennis Anderson Jr.

Unit/Placed in, USS Hornet (CV-8) Carrier, United States Navy.

Sewell is born approx. on 1924 in Tennessee.

Father, Sewell Anderson.

Mother, Mattie Anderson.

Sister(s), Margaret Anderson.

Brother(s), James A. Douglas Raymond and Billy Joe Anderson.

Sewell enlisted the service in Tennessee with service number # 2960041.

Sewell was KIA when the Ship came under attacked from the Japanese Navy and planes, sunk after severe damage in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands on Oct. 26, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Sewell is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

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