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NAME Walter Pat Andersen |
NICKNAME Wallie |
SERVICE NUMBER 273370 |
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| HOME OF RECORD 3324 North Minnesota Avenue, Portland, OR |
NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Erma Bates |
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| DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1921 |
ENTERED SERVICE August 1, 1939 |
DATE OF LOSS October 1, 1942 |
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| REGION Philippines |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Camp Cabanatuan |
CASUALTY TYPE Died as POW |
UNIT M/3/4th Marines |
DUTY — |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS PFC Andersen was captured in the fall of Corregidor on 6 May 1942, and interned at Cabanatuan POW Camp. In September 1942, Andersen contracted diphtheria and reported to Hospital Building #1. He succumbed to the disease at 0200 hours on 1 October 1942, and was reportedly buried in Grave #502 of the camp’s cemetery. However, his remains were not identified at the end of the war. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal |
LAST KNOWN RANK Private First Class |
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| STATUS OF REMAINS Grave 502, Cabanatuan cemetery. Possibly an unknown in Manila American Cemetery. |
MEMORIALS Manila American Cemetery |
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Articles and Records:
25 March was a busy and bloody day on Corregidor, with multiple bombing and shelling attacks striking the garrison.
PFC Andersen was one of several men wounded in action on 25 March. The extent of his injuries isn’t known, but he was put in for a Purple Heart. Excerpt from the 4th Marines Record of Events, March 1942, and Muster Roll, M/3/4, April 1942.
Andersen was erroneously reported as having died in June 1943. A handwritten addendum to this muster roll provided the corrected date of death.
The report of PFC Andersen’s death at Cabanatuan Camp Number 1. Philippine Archives Collection.
A burial roster of Cabanatuan Camp #1 indicates that Andersen was buried in Grave 502.
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