Pfc. Crate Davis Anderson

Born: 26 August 1921 - Yellow Creek, North Carolina Parents: Ed Anderson & Zenia Hall-Anderson Hometown: Yellow Creek, North Carolina Occupation: farmhand Enlisted:     - U.S. Army         - 20 September 1940 - Fort McPherson, North Carolina Training:     - Fort Benning, Georgia Units:     - 753rd Tank Battalion         - volunteered to replace a National Guardsman released from federal service     - 192nd Tank Battalion         - D Company attached to 194th Tank Battalion         - company remained under command of 192nd Tank Battalion Overseas Duty:     - Philippine Islands Engagements:     - Battle of Luzon         - 8 December 1941 - 26 December 1941             - 26 December 1941 - D Company engaged in battle against Japanese along the               Agnoo River west of Carmen             - The tankers believed that shells from Japanese artillery were landing among their                tanks             - Anderson was wounded             - Kenneth Hourigan put Crate on his tank in an attempt to get him to an aid station             - They ran into Filipinos in a car and turned Crate over to them             - Hourigan saw them pass by a couple of times                 - He never knew what happened to Crate Anderson             - It turned out the bridges their tanks were between had been blown up.             - Pfc. Crate Anderson was reported as Missing In Action Died:     - 26 December 1941 Buried:     - January 1949 - Upper Yellow Creek Cemetery, Robbinsvlle, North Carolina

 

 

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