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ANDERSON-NOBLE

NOBLE  GORDON ANDERSON

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Deceased
Rate/Rank
WT1
Service Branch
USN 00/0000 - 5/1945
Born 03/29/1918
STREEPY, WY
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KILLED IN ACTION - USS LONGSHAW DD-559, SEVERE DAMAGED BY JAPANESE SHORE BATTERIES, OFF OKINAWA, 05/18/1945
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
USS LONGSHAW (DD-559) DESTROYER
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
PURPLE HEART
NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION
NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL
COMBAT ACTION RIBBON
SERVICE MEMORIES

NOBLE WAS KIA WHEN THE USS LONGSHAW RAN AGROUND ON THE CORAL REEF AND THE SHORE BATTERIES OPEN FIRE WITH SEVERE DAMAGED TO THE SHIP AN LIVES AS RESULT ON MAY 18, 1945.