World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Howard T. Anderson
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Grand Rapids, North Dakota
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
Rank: Fireman First Class. He served in the United States Navy aboard the USS Arizona Battleship, BB-39 for duty as a Fireman, and based at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii. Sunday Morning, December 7, 1941 the Emperor of Japan and his Naval Aviators launched their well-planned attack on the U.S. Fleet at Pearl Harbor and other military installations on Oahu. The Arizona moored on Ford Island along with her shipmates came under attack, and she was sunk by an armor piercing bomb, which ignited the forward ammunition magazine. Reported missing in action or entombed in the USS Arizona. In remembrance of the brave, his name is permanently inscribed in the tablets of the missing, memorialized at Honolulu Memorial Location: Honolulu, Hawaii. In his Memory and Honor, this American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.