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Anderson, Arthur Junior

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

Unit/Placed in, USS Savanah CL-42) Cruiser, United States Navy.

Arthur is born on 5 Nov. 1921 in Kearny, Hudson, New Jersey, United States.

Father, Arthur O. Anderson.

Mother, Rothia May (Porter) Anderson.

Sister(s), Helen T. Anderson.

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

Arthur was KIA when the USS Savanah had opened fire at the shore batteries, and was hit by a radio-controlled Fritz X PGM gravity bomb from a German Dornier Do-217 on, 11 Sep. 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.

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

Walls of the missing.

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

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LB6R-WS6

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

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

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

WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/

Military Recovery,  https://www.dpaa.mil/

Buried on Sea
USS Savannah (CL-42) Cruiser
German Dornier Do-217
Henschel Hs 293 radio-guided glide bomb
Burning from the hit
Arthur Junior Anderson
His rank Electricians Mate Second Class
Crew
Card of places damaged