World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Jay Wallace Anderson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
La Plata, Missouri
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS AT BARNHART, MISSOURI AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1941. SERVED AS AN AIRPLANE PROPELLER MECHANIC OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER, INCLUDING IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE TECHNICIAN QUALIFICATION BADGE WITH AIRPLANE PROPELLER SPECIALIST QUALIFICATION BAR, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 4 BRONZE SERVICE STARS (4 CAMPAIGNS), AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON OCTOBER 8, 1945, AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.