Rank and Name, Private Norman Ira Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, 1st Bat, 3rd Marines (C-Comp), Marine Corps.
Norman is born approx. on Oct. 4, 1923 in Colorado.
Father, Ira E. Anderson.
Mother, Marjorie Anderson.
Sister(s), Beatrice Anderson.
Brother(s), Paul and Douglas Anderson.
Norman enlisted the service in Colorado with service number # 506780.
Norman was KIA in the Fights with the Japanese over the Solomon’s on, Nov. 1, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Norman is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, 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
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
