Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Edward
D.
Anderson
January 22, 0868

–

May 23, 1940

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery

Edward Anderson graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1891. He retired in 1930 as a U.S. Army Brigadier General.

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Cavalry)

    Action Date:

    June 22 – July 17, 1898
    U.S. Military Academy Register of Graduates

    Captain (Cavalry) Edward D. Anderson, United States Army, was cited for gallantry in action in the Santiago de Cuba Campaign, 22 June to 17 July 1898.

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Action Date:

    World War I
    War Department, General Orders No. 18 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Brigadier General Edward D. Anderson, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility in initiating and executing plans for the mobilization of enlisted personnel of the Army during World War I.