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Anderson, Howard Montrose, ENS.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Chester, PA
Last Address 2955 Essex Rd Cleveland, OH
Casualty Date Apr 24, 1945
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Torpedoed
Location North Atlantic Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment East Coast Memorial (Tablets of the missing) - Manhattan, New York
Wall/Plot Coordinates Cenotaph
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
USS Frederick C. Davis (DE 136) was participating in the operation Teardrop, a hunt for snorkel-equipped U-boats in the Western Atlantic and was part of the 4th Escort Division, which screened the escort carrier USS Bogue (CVE 9) in the Southern Surface Barrier.
On 24 Apr, 1945, U-546 discovered USS Bogue about 570 miles east-southeast of Cape Race and tried to attack on periscope depth, but USS Frederick C. Davis discovered the U-boat and prepared herself for an attack. At this moment a Gnat struck forward on the port side. The ship broke in two and sank quickly with the bow and stern raising into the air. The crew abandoned ship and were picked up within three hours by the other escort destroyers of the Division, after they had sunk U-546.
Ens Anderson was among the men listed as missing in action and later declared dead.
