Melvin C. Anderson

World War II
Service #37153333
Unit803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
RankSergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service From Nebraska
Date of DeathNovember 25 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Sgt. Melvin Anderson were accounted for in 2018. His name is permanently inscribed in the “Walls of the Missing” at the Netherlands American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.