Virgil Lee Anderson

These awards are based on the information below and per applicable DoD Directives and Awards Manuals:
American Defense Service Medal Awarded for exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity in active Federal military service. It is awarded on a selective basis to each Soldier who distinguishes himself or herself from among his or her fellow Soldiers by their exemplary conduct, efficiency, and fidelity throughout a specified period of continuous enlisted active Federal military service.
American Campaign Service Medal Awarded for military service within the American Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal Awarded for military service with the Asiatic-Pacific Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
World War II Victory Medal Awarded for military service between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946, both dates inclusive.
 Note that this list does not include all medals, devices, unit citations or qualification badges that COL Anderson was awarded by the U.S Army.

Documents, Forms and Resources Found or Not Found:
Yes Grave Marker Photo(s), Find A Grave
No  National Archives Database, Enlistment Records
No Official Regiment or Division After Action Report
No  Photo of veteran
No  QMC Form 14, Interment In the Fort Lewis Cemetery
No  Washington Newspaper Obit, Notice, or Report
No  WWII Draft Card Data
No  WWII Hospital Admission Records

American Battle Monuments Commission Data
  None Found

WWII Draft Card Data
  None Found

WWII Hospital Admission Records
  None Found

Note 1: The death location, "Near Palm Springs California" is based on the best information available at this time. In the case of COL Anderson, this location was estimated on:

A. The Find A Grave website identifies his assigned unit as Field Artillery of unknown number.

B. At the time COL Anderson Died he had been transfered to a Army Hospital in Palm Springs California from his assigned unit in New Guinea during November or December 1945.

C. His status of "DNB" indicates that COL Anderson died on December 13, 1944, as a result of a Non-Combat illness, in the line of duty.

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The following information on this casualty is sourced from The National Archives Database:
 Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records) - No Records Found

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