Anderson, Melvin Frederick
Army 1st lieutenant

Melvin F. Anderson from Pennsylvania, Beaver county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Monday, November 27, 1950
Death details: 

By November 24, 1950, the 25th Infantry Division had pushed far into North Korea and was just beginning to experience resistance from Chinese Communist Forces (CCF). Division commanders organized Task Force Dolvin (soon renamed Task Force Wilson) to attack along a road axis in the center of the Division sector and later to establish defensive positions north of the town of Ipsok. During the night of the 26th, the CCF attacked the Task Force and infiltrated its lines at several points, threatening but failing to seize the artillery. The Task Force began its withdrawal south the following day.

First Lieutenant Melvin Frederick Anderson Sr., who joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania, served with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was killed in action on November 27 when the CCF attacked and infiltrated Task Force Wilson north of Ipsok, North Korea. The conditions on the battlefield prevented the immediate recovery of his body, and the area where he fell was never retaken by friendly forces. After the war, his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody. Today, First Lieutenant Anderson is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency