Anderson, Charles R.

1918 - 2000  (81 years)

• Name	Anderson, Charles R.
  Birth	23 Nov 1918  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	ANDE.C006
  _FGRAVE	204109086
  Military Service	World War II, Master Sergeant, Headquarters 3771st Service Command Unit, United States Army  [1, 3]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on April 14, 1941 at East Saint Louis, Illinois. Departed the U.S. on April 29, 1942 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Upon return to the U.S on July 1, 1943 served as a Reserve Officer Training Corps Instructor (a detached enlisted men's list member) at Headquarters 3771st Service Command Unit, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. Earned The American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and The WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Master Sergeant on December 2, 1945 at the Separation Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) Source: https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2096802
  		University of Nebraska–Lincoln
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Defense Service Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
  		Master Sergeant, United States Army and United States Army Air Forces (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		Military Service Ribbons, Anderson, Charles R. (1918-2000) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Honoree, Anderson, Charles R. (1918-2000)
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		American Defense Service Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		European Theater of World War II
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
  		Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas
  		Reserve Officers' Training Corps
  		United States Army
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  Death	4 Apr 2000  [1, 2]
  Burial	Odd Fellows Cemetery, Xenia, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  		Headstone, Anderson, Charles R
  		Headstone, Anderson, Imogene S. and Charles R
  Person ID	I43100	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2023

  
  

  Family	?, I.S.
  Family ID	F16701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Odd Fellows Cemetery, Xenia, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S13489] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Anderson, Charles R, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204109086), none. (Reliability: 2). [S13490] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Anderson, Imogene S. and Charles R, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204109086), none. (Reliability: 2). [S14963] World War II Honoree, Charles R. Anderson, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2096802) (Reliability: 2).