Anderson, Robert Burns

Rank and Name, Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class Robert Burns Anderson.

Unit/Placed in, 2nd Marine Div. Hospital Corps.

Robert is born approx. on 1921 in Minnesota.

Aunt, Blanche Alexander.

Robert enlisted the service in Iowa with service number # 3213713.

Robert was KIA in the fights with the Japanese Forces over the Austen Mountains on Dec. 20, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Robert 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