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TSgt James P Andersen

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TSgt James P Andersen

Birth
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Death
20 Oct 1944 (aged 39)
Leyte Province, Eastern Visayas, Philippines
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Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
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U.S. World War II Army
Enlistment Date: 28 May 1942
Enlistment State: California
Enlistment City: San Francisco
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA

James was killed at the Battle of the Phillippines, a campaign to defeat and expel the Japanese forces that occupied the Phillippines. The Japanese Army had overrun all of the Phillippines during the first half of 1942. The Liberation of the Phillippines commenced with amphibious landings on the eastern Phillippine island of Leyte on October 20, 1944, the death listed for James P. Andersen. on the 20t, the U.S. Sixth Army, supported by naval air bombardment, landed on the eastern shore of Leyte, one of the islands of Visayas island group, northeast of Mindanao. The Japanese attempted to distroy the landing which brought about the sequence of battles known as the Battle of Leyte Gulf, that was fought through October 26th.

U.S. World War II Army
Enlistment Date: 28 May 1942
Enlistment State: California
Enlistment City: San Francisco
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA

James was killed at the Battle of the Phillippines, a campaign to defeat and expel the Japanese forces that occupied the Phillippines. The Japanese Army had overrun all of the Phillippines during the first half of 1942. The Liberation of the Phillippines commenced with amphibious landings on the eastern Phillippine island of Leyte on October 20, 1944, the death listed for James P. Andersen. on the 20t, the U.S. Sixth Army, supported by naval air bombardment, landed on the eastern shore of Leyte, one of the islands of Visayas island group, northeast of Mindanao. The Japanese attempted to distroy the landing which brought about the sequence of battles known as the Battle of Leyte Gulf, that was fought through October 26th.

Bio by: Harold Malaby Jr.

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Entered the service from California.

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  • Maintained by: MAJ Jimmy Cotton
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56754217/james_p-andersen: accessed ), memorial page for TSgt James P Andersen (20 Oct 1905–20 Oct 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56754217, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by MAJ Jimmy Cotton (contributor 48803557).