Minnesota Discovery Center

Jack Andrew Anderson, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Private
serial number:37316741
location:Fort Bliss, TX; Battery C, 734th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, Coast Artillery Corps, Southern Philippines and Luzon.
enlistment date:Oct. 14, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Dec. 16, 1945
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Overseas Service Bar(s)
Philippine Liberation Medal (1944-1945)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 20; (2) Chisholm War History Committee Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:Aug. 7, 1916
birth place:Buhl, MN
home town:Buhl, MN
date of death:April 22, 1952
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 10/13/2015