Lieutenant Colonel Herman Reinhold Anderson (MCSN: 0-14), United States Marine Corps, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.
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Awards Received
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Legion of Merit
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Silver Star
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Legion of Merit
Service:
United States Marine CorpsRank:
Lieutenant ColonelAction Date:
December 1941 – May 1942
(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Colonel Herman Reinhold Anderson (MCSN: 0-14), United States Marine Corps, was awarded the Legion of Merit (Posthumously) for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States in the Philippine Islands during the period from December 1941 to May 1942.
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Silver Star
Service:
United States Marine CorpsRank:
Lieutenant ColonelBatallion:
2d BattalionRegiment:
4th Marine RegimentAction Date:
1942
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 306 (September 1942)The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (Army Award) to Lieutenant Colonel Herman Reinhold Anderson (MCSN: 0-14), United States Marine Corps, for gallantry in action while serving with the Fourth Marines in the Philippine Islands in 1942.