Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Harold Elmer Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, USS Lexington (CV-16) Carrier, United States Navy.
Harold is born approx. on 1926 in Michigan.
Father, Fred E. Anderson.
Sister(s), Dorothy M. Anderson.
Harold enlisted the service in Michigan with service number # 3124940.
Harold was KIA during the Battle of Leyte gulf in fight with the Japanese Navy on Nov. 5, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Harold is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, https://www.navysite.de/cv/cv16.htm
http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/16.htm
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
