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Sgt Willard Heman Anderson

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Sgt Willard Heman Anderson

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23 Sep 1989 (aged 69)
Webbers Falls, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA
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Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Willard H. Anderson passed away at Claremore Hospital, Claremore, Rogers County, Oklahoma. During WWII, he was serving with the 2nd Observation Squadron in the Philippines when Imperial Japanese invaded. On 7 May 1942, Private Willard H. Anderson, a resident of the Philippines and from the Air Corps, was reported as a POW in the Philippines. He endured 3-1/2 years as a POW. Burial was in Fort Gibson National Cemetery. Willard served from 7 Aug 1940 to 30 Jun 1949.

(Extected from The Quan, Feb 1990, Volume 44, #4; VA Burial Records; WWII POW Rolls).


Military Information: MSGT, US ARMY AIR CORPS
Willard H. Anderson passed away at Claremore Hospital, Claremore, Rogers County, Oklahoma. During WWII, he was serving with the 2nd Observation Squadron in the Philippines when Imperial Japanese invaded. On 7 May 1942, Private Willard H. Anderson, a resident of the Philippines and from the Air Corps, was reported as a POW in the Philippines. He endured 3-1/2 years as a POW. Burial was in Fort Gibson National Cemetery. Willard served from 7 Aug 1940 to 30 Jun 1949.

(Extected from The Quan, Feb 1990, Volume 44, #4; VA Burial Records; WWII POW Rolls).


Military Information: MSGT, US ARMY AIR CORPS

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