Rank and Name, Radarman Second Class John Lawrence Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, USS Buck (DD-420) Destroyer, United States Navy.
John is born on 30 Jan. 1916 in Jackson County, Alabama.
Father, John B. Anderson.
Mother, Maggie J. (Lewis).
Sister(s), Fairest C. Amanda L. Flora B. and Bessie M. Anderson.
John enlisted the service in Alabama with service number # 2724413.
John was KIA when on Patrol off Salerno, the USS Buck was surprised and Torpedoed by the German U-boat 616 and sunk within minutes on, 9 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.
John is buried/mentioned at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy.
Walls of the missing.
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Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
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POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
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