Rank and Name, Motor Machinist’s Mate First Class John Emanuel Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, USS LST-30 (Tank Landing Ship, United States Naval Reserve.
John is born approx. on 25 Sep. 1919 in Willmar, Minnesota.
John enlisted the service in Minnesota with service number # 6383008.
John was KIA during the Normandy Beach Landings when the USS LST-30 got Bombed by the Germans on 6 June 1944, 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.
John is buried/mentioned at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.
Walls of the missing.
John also got a Memorial Grave at Fairview Cemetery, Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, USA.
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/
WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/
Military Recovery, https://www.dpaa.mil/
In October 2015, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency exhumed the remains of an Unknown Soldier buried in Plot H Row 11 Grave 14 at Normandy American Cemetery with the belief that an identification could be made. DNA analysis and historical evidence were used to positively identify the remains as belonging to Motor Machinist Mate 1st Class John E. Anderson, who served with the U.S. Navy, and was listed as missing in action or lost at sea while serving aboard the Landing Craft Tank (LCT) Mark 5. His family chose interment at a private cemetery in Minnesota. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at Normandy American Cemetery.
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.
