Monday, June 6, 2016

PVT Samuel Rush Anderson Jr

SSG Samuel Rush Anderson Jr was born 1 Jan 1921 to Samuel Rush and Carrie Maude (Halsey) Rush of Wythe County, Virginia.

Samuel was already a PFC in the National Guard Medical Detachment and the Wytheville unit when the Virginia National Guard was federalized in February 1941.  He was with the unit as it trained in England and prepared for the D-Day amphibious assault.  He was killed in action on 6 Jun 1944 during that action.

SSG Anderson is buried in West End Cemetery in Wytheville, Virginia.

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