Albert W Anderson was the son of Albert Anderson and Sudi H Anderson.
Albert W Anderson's home of record was Woodruff County AR, according to his NARA War Department File. His ID number was 17023646. Albert Anderson enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 25 July 1941. He was a Private when he died at age 19.
Albert's father passed away when he was about 15 years old. His mother lived until she was 88 years old.
Eleven servicemen perished when their plane, an LB-30, was homeward bound, after a routine patrol, and crashed on Pinzon Island on 30 Jul 1942. According to a report by the Ground Defense Office, an expedition was sent to the island on 30 and 31 October 1943 and again on 1 Nov 1934. The expeditionary party had a five point mission. Part of that mission was bury the men's remains, mark the graves, and recover personal items.
According to the US National Archives and Records Administration their place of death is recorded as ‘Galapagos'. The servicemen's remains were recovered and received at the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary in the Panama Canal Zone on 7 June 1946. They were buried in Corozol Panama on the same date, 7 June 1948. According to interment records the men's remains were brought back to the United States ‘from overseas' and they were buried on 11 May 1948 in the Chattanooga National Cemetery in Chattanooga, TN.
Albert W Anderson's home of record was Woodruff County AR, according to his NARA War Department File. His ID number was 17023646. Albert Anderson enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 25 July 1941. He was a Private when he died at age 19.
Albert's father passed away when he was about 15 years old. His mother lived until she was 88 years old.
Eleven servicemen perished when their plane, an LB-30, was homeward bound, after a routine patrol, and crashed on Pinzon Island on 30 Jul 1942. According to a report by the Ground Defense Office, an expedition was sent to the island on 30 and 31 October 1943 and again on 1 Nov 1934. The expeditionary party had a five point mission. Part of that mission was bury the men's remains, mark the graves, and recover personal items.
According to the US National Archives and Records Administration their place of death is recorded as ‘Galapagos'. The servicemen's remains were recovered and received at the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary in the Panama Canal Zone on 7 June 1946. They were buried in Corozol Panama on the same date, 7 June 1948. According to interment records the men's remains were brought back to the United States ‘from overseas' and they were buried on 11 May 1948 in the Chattanooga National Cemetery in Chattanooga, TN.
Albert W Anderson was the son of Albert Anderson and Sudi H Anderson.
Albert W Anderson's home of record was Woodruff County AR, according to his NARA War Department File. His ID number was 17023646. Albert Anderson enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 25 July 1941. He was a Private when he died at age 19.
Albert's father passed away when he was about 15 years old. His mother lived until she was 88 years old.
Eleven servicemen perished when their plane, an LB-30, was homeward bound, after a routine patrol, and crashed on Pinzon Island on 30 Jul 1942. According to a report by the Ground Defense Office, an expedition was sent to the island on 30 and 31 October 1943 and again on 1 Nov 1934. The expeditionary party had a five point mission. Part of that mission was bury the men's remains, mark the graves, and recover personal items.
According to the US National Archives and Records Administration their place of death is recorded as ‘Galapagos'. The servicemen's remains were recovered and received at the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary in the Panama Canal Zone on 7 June 1946. They were buried in Corozol Panama on the same date, 7 June 1948. According to interment records the men's remains were brought back to the United States ‘from overseas' and they were buried on 11 May 1948 in the Chattanooga National Cemetery in Chattanooga, TN.
Albert W Anderson's home of record was Woodruff County AR, according to his NARA War Department File. His ID number was 17023646. Albert Anderson enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 25 July 1941. He was a Private when he died at age 19.
Albert's father passed away when he was about 15 years old. His mother lived until she was 88 years old.
Eleven servicemen perished when their plane, an LB-30, was homeward bound, after a routine patrol, and crashed on Pinzon Island on 30 Jul 1942. According to a report by the Ground Defense Office, an expedition was sent to the island on 30 and 31 October 1943 and again on 1 Nov 1934. The expeditionary party had a five point mission. Part of that mission was bury the men's remains, mark the graves, and recover personal items.
According to the US National Archives and Records Administration their place of death is recorded as ‘Galapagos'. The servicemen's remains were recovered and received at the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary in the Panama Canal Zone on 7 June 1946. They were buried in Corozol Panama on the same date, 7 June 1948. According to interment records the men's remains were brought back to the United States ‘from overseas' and they were buried on 11 May 1948 in the Chattanooga National Cemetery in Chattanooga, TN.
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