Rank and Name, Ensign James Calhoun Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, SS George Thatcher (Steam Merchant), United States Naval Reserve.
James is born approx. on 8 Nov. 1912 in Cisco, Texas.
Father, James T. Anderson.
Mother, Maud E. (Calhoun) Anderson.
Sister(s), Adele A. Anderson.
James enlisted the service in Texas with service number # O-141509.
James was KIA when the SS George Thatcher was torpedoed by the German U boat U-126 100 miles from the African Coast on 1 Nov. 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
James is buried/mentioned at North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial, Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/2339.html
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKN9-GHR
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/
WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/
Military Recovery, https://www.dpaa.mil/
