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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

John Ruben Daugherty Anderson

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Providence, Rhode Island

Honored By

U.S. Submarine Veterans, Inc.

Relationship

Shipmates

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SEAMAN SECOND CLASS. KILLED WITH ALL HANDS ONBOARD USS CISCO SS-290 ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1943. DECORATIONS: PURPLE HEART. ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1943, CISCO PUT OUT ON HER FIRST WAR PATROL FROM PORT DARWIN, AUSTRALIA UNDER THE COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT COMMANDER J. W. COE BUT NEVER RETURNED. JAPANESE RECORDS TELL OF SIGHTING SUBMARINE LEAKING OIL ON SEPTEMBER 28TH. THIS SUBMARINE WAS SUNK BY BOMBS AND DEPTH CHARGES AT 9 DEGREES, 47 MINUTES NORTH; 121 DEGREES, 44 MINUTES EAST. USS CISCO SS-290 WAS LOST WITH 76 OFFICERS AND MEN.