Rank and Name, Sergeant Von Randall Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Corps.
Camp Osaka, Japan (Chicco)
Established on September 23, 1942, it initially governed the POW camps in the Kinki and Tokai regions. Branches located in prefectures have been separated. At the end of the war, many branch offices and dispatch offices in the Hanshin industrial area were relocated to the inland areas and the Sea of Japan side in preparation for air raids and decisive battles on the mainland.
The director was Colonel Sotaro Murata.
Von is born approx. on June 22, 1913 in Oklahoma.
Father, Lee W. Anderson.
Mother, Willie E. (Morris) Anderson.
Sister(s), Marion C. Willie L. and Agnes Anderson.
Brother(s), Morris W. and Newland Anderson.
Von enlisted the service in Oklahoma with service number # 276618.
Von died as a POW in Camp Osaka, Japan on June 8, 1943, he is honored with a POW Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Von 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
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
