County:
Burleigh
Date of Loss:
Military Service:
- Rank:
Staff Sergeant
- Branch of Service:
Army
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Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic Pacific Theater
Medals and Honors:
Circumstances:
died in service 20 Dec 44 Klamath Falls, Oregon
Biography:
Staff Sergeant Garth Anderson was born Grace City, North Dakota on July 10, 1920. He had 1 brother and 3 sisters and was a resident of Burleigh County, North Dakota when he entered the USMC Ramsey County, North Dakota on April 9, 1942. He served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater for 21 months when he contracted a disease of the tropics and was sent to the Klamath Falls Barracks in Oregon where he died on December 20, 1944, due to the disease. He is buried in Plot 16, Row 1, Grave 12, Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Devils Lake, North Dakota.