Andrews, Mitchell Edwin

Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Mitchell Edwin Andrews.

Unit/Placed in, USS Neosho (AO-23) Fleet Oiler, United States Navy.

Mitchell is born approx. on no record.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

Mitchell enlisted the service in Missouri with service number # 3374944.

Mitchell was KIA when the USS Neosho was scuttled by the Japanese Airforce on May 7, 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.

Mitchell is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, https://www.delsjourney.com/uss_neosho/neosho_photos.htm

https://www.navysite.de/ao/ao23.htm

https://www.pacificwrecks.com/ships/usn/AO-23.html

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