Rank and Name, Sergeant Willie B. Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, 8th Infantry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division.
Willie is born approx. on Oct. 15, 1919 in Marshall, Alabama.
Father, Thomas A. Anderson.
Mother, Lilla D. West.
Sister(s), Marie Anderson.
Brother(s), Hoyt Anderson.
Willie enlisted the service in Georgia with service number # 35558198.
Willie was KIA in the Fights with the Japanese Forces in Luzon on Feb. 11, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Marksman Ship Badge, American Campaign Medal, Army & Air Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Willie 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
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
