Rank and Name, Radioman Third Class Stewart A. Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, SS Samuel Heitzelman (Freighter) Liberty Ship, Navy Merchant Marine.
Stewart is born approx. on 1925 in Canada.
Father, Olaf Anderson.
Born in Norway.
Mother, Selma Anderson.
Sister(s), Esther Anderson.
Brother(s), Abner and Clifford Anderson.
Stewart enlisted the service in California with service number # 5633852.
Stewart was KIA when the SS Heintzelman was torpedoed by the German U Boat-511 in the India Sea on July 9, 1943, 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.
Stewart is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.heintzelman.info/
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
