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Arlington National Cemetery
  44-292 

BORN:  July 06, 1922 at Eagle, WI

Entered Service in the US Army from Soldiers Grove, WI

Earned the Medal of Honor during World War II For heroism on April 13, 1945 at Okinawa, Ruykyu Islands

When a powerfully conducted predawn Japanese counterattack struck Technical Sergeant Anderson's flank in action at Okinawa, he ordered his men to take cover in an old tomb, and then, armed only with a carbine, faced the onslaught alone. After emptying one magazine at pointblank range into the screaming attackers, he seized an enemy mortar dud and threw it back among the charging Japs, killing several as it burst. Securing a box of mortar shells, he extracted the safety pins, banged the bases upon a rock to arm them and proceeded alternately to hurl shells and fire his piece among the fanatical foe, finally forcing them to withdraw. Despite the protests of his comrades, and bleeding profusely from a severe shrapnel wound, he made his way to his company commander to report the action. Technical Sergeant Anderson's intrepid conduct in the face of overwhelming odds accounted for 25 enemy killed and several machineguns and knee mortars destroyed, thus single-handedly removing a serious threat to the company's flank.