Ankerbrandt, Norman Joseph

Rank and Name, Fireman First Class Norman Joseph Ankerbrandt.

Unit/Placed in, USS LCS (L3)-15, Landing Craft Support.

Norman is born approx. on Sep. 11, 1914.

Adopted by, Lena Ankerbrandt.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

Norman enlisted the service in Ohio with service number # 9492789.

Norman was KIA when the LCS(L)(3)-15 was attacked and sunk by a Kamikaze on April 22, 1945, 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.

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

Courts of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Saint Marys Cemetery, Mount Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois, USA.

Thanks to, https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/05/050076.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/