Anderson, Hartvick Leroy

Rank and Name, Gunner’s Mate Third Class Hartvick Leroy Anderson.

Unit/Placed in, USS Maddox (DD-622) Destroyer, United States Navy.

Hartvick is born on 31 Oct. 1922 in North Dakota.

Father, Ole T. Anderson.

Brother(s), Arthur C. Anderson.

Hartvick enlisted the service in North Dakota with service number # 3287910.

Hartvick was KIA when the USS Maddox was on patrol and attacked by a German Junkers Ju-88, the USS Maddox got hit with a bomb and sunk on July 10, 1943, 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.

Hartvick is buried/mentioned at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy.

Walls of the missing.

Hartvick also has a Memorial Grave at Little Forks Lutheran Cemetery, Steele County, North Dakota, USA.

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/622.htm

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