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Anderson, Arthur J.

Rank and Name, Electrician’s Mate Second Class Arthur J. Anderson.

Unit/Placed in, SS Savannah (CL-42) Cruiser, United States Naval Reserve.

 

Arthur is born approx. on May 11 1921 in Kearney, New Jersey.

Mother, Mary E. Anderson.

Sister(s), Bernice M. Anderson.

Brother(s), Alfred Anderson.

 

Arthur enlisted the service in New Jersey with service number # 6470078.

 

Arthur was KIA when the USS Savannah was hit by a German radio controlled “fritz X Bomb” at operations at Salerno bay, on Sep. 11, 1943/died on,  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.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

Arthur also has a Memorial Grave at Boynton Beach Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA.

 

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/042/04042.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

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

Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/

USS Savannah (CL-42) Cruiser
Arthur J. Anderson
His rank Electricians Mate Second Class
Crew
German Donier DO-217
German Radio-guided Fritz X Bomb
Damage
Memoryal