Anderson, Arlis King

Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Arlis King Anderson.

Unit/Placed in, 548th Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy.

Arlis is born approx. on 24 June, 1916 in Altoga, Texas.

Father, Francis H. Anderson.

Mother, Eudoxia (King) Anderson.

Sister(s), Loveta V. Lucille and Velma Anderson.

Brother(s), Owen D. Anderson.

Arlis enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 0-664864.

Arlis ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-17 were,

1^st Lt. Theo R. Harris Pilot

2^nd Lt. Everett H. Hiatt Co Pilot

1^st Lt. Arlis K. Anderson Navigator

1^st Lt. Jack W. Mills Bombardier

S/Sgt. Alvin A. Wrobel Engineer/Gunner

T/Sgt. Warren J. Dinardi Radio Operator

S/Sgt. George J. Hrubovask Ball Turret Gunner

S/Sgt. Chester V. Beres Tail Gunner

S/Sgt. Howard F. Slopp Right Waist Gunner

S/Sgt. John A. Leaf Left Waist Gunner

Arlis was KIA when after the Mission the plane got shot by Enemy Fighters and crashed in the Baltic Sea on 26 July, 1943, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Arlis is buried/mentioned at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.

Walls of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Restland Memorial Park

Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA.

Thanks to, http://www.385thbga.com/

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.