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/