World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Nils Albert Anderson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Belvidere, Illinois
Honored By
Inez Morrall
Relationship
Sister
GRADUATED FROM AIR FORCE SCHOOL IN NEW YORK AND WAS ON HIS WAY OVERSEAS TO SERVE IN THE WAR WHEN PLANE HIT HIGH TENSION WIRES AND CRASHED. ALL 12 PEOPLE IN PLANE DIED IN THE CRASH. DATE OF CRASH WAS DECEMBER 5, 1942. HONOREE WAS ONLY 21 YEARS OLD WHEN HE DIED.