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SSGT Garth Hollum Anderson

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SSGT Garth Hollum Anderson Veteran

Birth
Death
20 Dec 1944 (aged 23)
Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Devils Lake, Ramsey County, North Dakota, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 01, Lot 12, Space 16, GAR Original
Memorial ID
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S/Sgt. Garth H. Anderson died Marine Barracks, Klamath Falls, Oregon December 20, 1944
Unit Headquarters & Service Company,
Home: Bismarck, North Dakota.
Service ID: 380367.
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart

Details of career here.
The Klamath Falls Barracks were built in 1944 as a treatment and rehabilitation center for Marines returning from the Pacific Theater of Operations, especially those suffering from mosquito-borne diseases
The first Marines arrived at the barracks in April 1944 and the last were discharged in March 1946. Within a year of its opening, treatments proved that malaria and filariasis, then believed to be incurable, could be successfully treated.
S/Sgt. Garth H. Anderson died Marine Barracks, Klamath Falls, Oregon December 20, 1944
Unit Headquarters & Service Company,
Home: Bismarck, North Dakota.
Service ID: 380367.
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart

Details of career here.
The Klamath Falls Barracks were built in 1944 as a treatment and rehabilitation center for Marines returning from the Pacific Theater of Operations, especially those suffering from mosquito-borne diseases
The first Marines arrived at the barracks in April 1944 and the last were discharged in March 1946. Within a year of its opening, treatments proved that malaria and filariasis, then believed to be incurable, could be successfully treated.

Inscription

SSGT, US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II



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  • Maintained by: ShaneO
  • Originally Created by: SBC
  • Added: Dec 9, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121459016/garth_hollum-anderson: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Garth Hollum Anderson (10 Jul 1921–20 Dec 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 121459016, citing Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Devils Lake, Ramsey County, North Dakota, USA; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).