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Anding, William Thomas

Rank and Name, Quartermaster First Class William Thomas Anding.

Unit/Placed in, USS Neches (AO-5) Oiler, United States Navy.

 

William is born approx. on April 28, 1917 in Mississippi.

Father, William J. Anding.

 

William enlisted the service in Mississippi with service number # 2742489.

 

William was KIA when the USS Neches was Torpedoed by the Japanese Submarine I-72 on Jan. 23, 1942, 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.

 

William is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

 

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/19/19005.htm

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

Website,

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

USS Neches (AO-5) Oiler
Other Submarine but same type
Location
His rank Quartermaster First Class