Wilbert A. Anderson

Era: World War II

Military Branch: Army

Wilbert A. Anderson

Mr. Anderson inducted into the Army on April 28, 1942, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Home at entry: Hibbing, Minnesota.

He served as a Private First Class and a bridge builder with Troop B of the Eighth Engineers Squadron in the Philippines, Luzon, New Guinea and  Bismarck Archipelago.

He received the following: Good Conduct Medal, Bronze Arrowhead, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Philippine Liberation Medal with bronze star, and four overseas service bars.

He was honorably discharged on November 5, 1945, at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.

Source: Hometown Heroes:  The Saint Louis County World War II Project, page 23.

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