World War II Honoree

Charles C. Anderson, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Washington, District Of Columbia

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Sergeant. Inducted into the United States Marine Corps November 3, 1942 at Washington, District of Columbia, with recruit training assigned to the Fifth Recruit Battalion Training Regiment; Marine Corps Base Parris Island, South Carolina. Upon his graduation from Boot Camp, he was transferred to Camp Geiger, North Carolina for combat training. Served as a Squad Leader and assigned to Headquarters Company, Third Battalion, Twenty-Fifth Marine Regiment and Fourth Marine Division Location: Western Pacific Theater of Operations. His division participated in the amphibious assault on the Volcanic Island of Iwo Jima (Battle Dates: February 19-March 26, 1945) Operation Detachment. On March 3, 1945 he was killed in action, during combat operations against the Imperial Japanese forces, with burial in the Fourth Marine Division battlefield cemetery on Iwo. Succeeding hostilities with Japan, the family of this Marine requested that he be buried with Military Honors at Arlington National Cemetery Location: Fort Myer, Arlington, Virginia, with interment April 14, 1948. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his ultimate sacrifice in defense of his country.