RAIDERS Anderson, Lorenzo Dowe, Jr

Craig Robertson

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  • SURNAME
Anderson
  • FORENAME
Lorenzo Dowe, Jr
  • UNIT
2nd Raider Battalion (Company E)
  • RANK
Private First Class
  • NUMBER
329944
  • DATE OF DEATH
11th November 1942
  • AGE
25
  • GRAVESITE
Floral Hills Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Plot 23.
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
resided Montrose, Los Angeles
born 27.08.1917, Vian, Oklahoma, USA
draft card shows born 1915
father Marvin Fredrick Fowler
graduated Manual High and Vocational School
attended University of Missouri
enlisted 16.10.1940, Montrose, Los Angeles, California
04.1942 2nd Raider Bn.
Next of kin - Mother, Mrs Ruth Fowler, 3047 Vermont, Route 6, Independence, Missouri
KIA Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
 

DATE OF DEATH:

11-Nov-1942

FINDAGRAVE:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118253415/lorenzo-dowe-anderson

SERVICE HISTORY:

ANDERSON, Lorenzo D., Jr, PFC 521/745(Rifleman) SN: 329944
Born: 27 Aug 1917
Enlisted USMC: 10 Dec 1941 (Home of Record: 3047 Vermont Street, Independence, Missouri)
Died: 11 Nov 1942 (KIA, Guadalcanal Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Floral Hills Cemetery, Kansas City, MO (Section , Grave )

Headquarters, Central Recruiting Division, Chicago, IL
Dec 1941 Pvt, Hq, CRD, Chicago, IL “10Dec41; 10, Jdenl at DHS Kansas City, Mo.; To MCB, San Diego, Calif.”
4th Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Dec 1941 Pvt, 4thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “10Dec41; 12, Jdfr DHS Kansas City, Mo.”
Jan 1942 Pvt, 4thRecBn, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “16, to CasCo, RDep, Post”
Casual Company, Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA
Jan 1942 Pvt, CasCo, RDep, MCB, San Diego, CA “10Dec41; 16, jdfr 4thRecBn, RDep, Post; 25-31, Temp d with MD, Camp San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, Calif.”

Marine Detachment, Camp San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA
Jan 1942 Pvt, MD, Camp San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA “22-31, fr RDep, MCB, San Diego, Calif.”

Company I, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Apr 1942 Pvt, Co I, 3rdBn, 6thMar, 2ndMarDiv, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “14, to 2ndMarRaiderBn, 2ndMarDiv, FMF, Base”

Company E, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, Amphibious Corps, Pacific Fleet, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA
Apr 1942 Pvt, Co E, 2ndMarRdrBn, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “30Oct41; 14, jdfr Co I, 3rdBn, 6thMar, 2ndMarDiv, FMF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif.”
Company E, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, Pacific Fleet, FMF, In the Field
Jul 1942 PFC, Co E, 2ndMarRdrBn, PF, FMF, In the Field (Camp Catlin, Pearl Harbor, T.H.) “1-3, abd USS COLHOUN at sea; 4, arr & disemb at Pearl Harbor, T.H.; 4-31, at Camp Catlin, Pearl Harbor, T.H.”
Oct 1942 PFC, Co E, 2ndMarRdrBn, PF, FMF, In the Field (Camp Gung Ho, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides)
Nov 1942 PFC, Co E, 2ndMarRdrBn, 1stMarDiv, FMF, In the Field (Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands) “11, Killed in Action, Guadalcanal, B.S.I.; GO#20 does not apply”
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