Anderson, John Wilson Jr.
Navy Seaman 2nd class
John Wilson Jr. Anderson, age 19, from Florence County Coward, South Carolina .
Parents: John Wilson Anderson Sr.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 1942
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Houston when the ship was attacked traveling from Batavia to Java.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, USSHouston.org, Florence Morning News (1942)