World War II Honoree

Alex E. Anderson Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Bristol, Virginia

Honored By

Mary Clayton, Cris & Alex III

Relationship

children

ATTENDED MIDSHIPMEN SCHOOL AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY. COMMISSIONED ENSIGN, JANUARY, 1942. CO OF ARMED GUARD UNIT ABOARD SS JOHN RANDOLPH. ON RETURN TRIP FROM MURMANSK, RUSSIA, SHIP WAS SUNK JULY 5, 1942 WHEN CONVOY RAN INTO MINE FIELD NEAR ICELAND. NEXT ASSIGNMENT AS GUNNERY OFFICER OF USS WHITMAN DE 24, LATER BECAME EXECUTIVE OFFICER UNTIL END OF WAR IN 1945. RETIRED AS LIEUTENANT COMMANDER.