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
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
