Andersen, James, BG

Fallen

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Last Rank
Brigadier General

Last Service Branch
Aviation

Last Primary MOS
0002-General Officer

Last MOS Group
General Officer

Primary Unit
1944-1945, AAF 1065, USAAF 7th Air Force

Service Years
1922 - 1945

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Wisconsin

Year of Birth
1904

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Casualty Info

Home Town Racine, Wisconsin

Casualty Date Feb 26, 1945
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 (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia	Wall/Plot Coordinates Memorial Section K Site 7

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1945, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
	1945, World War II Fallen

1944-1945, AAF 1065, USAAF 7th Air Force

From Month/Year - / 1944	To Month/Year February / 1945
Unit USAAF 7th Air Force Unit Page
Rank Brigadier General	MOS AAF 1065-Fighter-Bomber Unit Commander
Base, Fort or City Hickam Army Airfield	State/Country Hawaii

Patch	USAAF 7th Air Force Details

	Type Light Infantry
	Parent Unit US Army Air Force (USAAF)	Strength Command
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Jul 17, 2018

Memories For This Unit
Other Memories In 1944, as a colonel, he went to Hawaii as the chief of staff, Headquarters Army Air Forces, Pacific Ocean Area (AAF/POA). He was the principal planner for the move of the headquarters to Guam, which was accomplished in January 1945. Andersen was promoted to Brigadier General that same month.

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7 Members Also There at Same Time

USAAF 7th Air Force

Harmon, Millard Fillmore, LTG, (1912-1945)	AV	AAF 1065	Lieutenant General
Parsons, Claude Nicholas, Cpl, (1945-1946)	AV	AAF 737	Corporal
MacDougal, Orren, M/SGT, (1939-1945)	SC	238	Master Sergeant
Rogers, Vincent Jerome, S/SGT, (1942-1944)	SC	756	Staff Sergeant
Taylor, Ervin, SGT, (1942-1945)	SC	756	Sergeant
Taylor, Ervin, SGT, (1942-1945)	SC	754	Sergeant
Compston, Roger, PFC, (1942-1945)			Private First Class

26th Bombardment Squadron

Stephens, Paul, 2LT, (1942-1944)

AAF 1036

Second Lieutenant