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Last Rank
Brigadier General
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Last Service Branch
Aviation
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Last Primary MOS
00G5-Army General Officer (G5)
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Last MOS Group
General Officer
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Primary Unit
1944-1945, AAF 1065, USAAF 7th Air Force
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Service Years
1922 - 1945
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth
1904 |
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Andersen, James, BG.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Racine, Wisconsin |
Last Address
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Casualty Date
Feb 26, 1945 |
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Cause
Non Hostile- Died while Missing |
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Sea |
Location
Pacific |
Conflict
WWII - Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Western Pacific Campaign (1944-45) |
Location of Interment
Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, Virginia |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Memorial Section K Site 7 |
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Last Known Activity
James R. Andersen
Brigadier General, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 0-016407
Headquarters Company, US Air Force, Pacific
Entered the Service from: Wisconsin
Died: 26-Feb-45
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Honolulu, Hawaii
Awards: Legion of Merit
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Comments/Citation
James Roy Andersen (1904-1945). Born on May 10, 1904, in Racine, Wisconsin.
Commissioned in the Infantry from West Point in 1926. Earned his wings in 1936. Director of training at Army Air Force Basic Advanced Flying School March 1942-June 1943. With Plans Division of War Department General Staff June 1943-August 1944. At headquarters of Army Air Forces in Pacific Ocean Areas August 1944-February 1945. Brigadier General in January 1945.
Killed in an aircraft accident near Kwajalein on February 26, 1945. Decorations included the Legion of Merit.
Memorial Section K, Gravesite 7, Arlington National Cemetery
ANDERSEN, JAMES R
BG US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
DATE OF BIRTH: 05/10/1904
DATE OF DEATH: 02/26/1945
Andersen AFB, 36th Wing, Air Mobility Command (AMC), opened as North Field in 1944, and was primarily used as a B-29 staging base in the Pacific during WWII. It was later renamed after Brigadier General James R. Andersen, former Chief of Staff for the Army Air Force, Pacific, who was lost at sea returning to Honolulu in 1945. The base continues to support strategic operations in the region, and serves as a staging base for activities in Asia and the South Pacific. The bulk of Andersen's duties since WWII have been as a Strategic Air Command (SAC) base, supporting activities in Korea and Vietnam.
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