Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Edwin Leland Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, 1391st Army Air Force Base Unit.
Edwin is born approx. on 11 Oct. 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Father, Edwin L. Anderson.
Mother, Mary V. (Wilkins) Anderson.
Edwin enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # O-759336.
Edwin‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a AO-10 were,
1st Lt. Edwin L. Anderson Pilot
1st Lt. Carl Holm Co Pilot
2nd Lt. Sanford Englohnart Navigator
Sgt. Robert J. Hoover Engineer
Sgt. Oliver J. Hamlin Radio Operator
Sgt. Elmer Anderson Radar Operator
Capt. J.S. Tongue Passenger
Capt. Harlan R. Vincehelzer Passenger
Edwin died in a Cargo Mission when the plane crashed after Take Off on 27 Sep. 1945, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Edwin is buried/mentioned at Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
His remains are discovered and his final resting place now is at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.
his mention on the Wall of the missing has a Roset next to his name.
