HONORED ON PANEL 18E, LINE 17 OF THE WALL
JACK HERBERT ANDERSON
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JACK H ANDERSON
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LEFT FOR JACK HERBERT ANDERSON
POSTED ON 12.14.2007
POSTED BY: Arnold M. Huskins
An American hero
Taken from the memorial website:
http://www.facesfromthewall.com/mtvn/MT1967apr.html
In Viet Nam
Second Lt. Jack H. Anderson, USMC, son of Arthur A. Anderson, formerly of Bigfork, was killed by enemy fire in Viet Nam 12 Apr (1967). He was a brother of Mrs. Don Corrigan of Polson. He arrived at Quang Tri, close to the border between North and South Viet Nam, the last of February of this year.
Anderson graduated from Bigfork High school in 1953, and entered the Marine Corps that summer. He served in the Korean conflict. Upon discharge he attended MSU in Bozeman for 2 quarters and then went to work for the FBI in Butte for a few years. He remained active in the Marine Reserves but later rejoined the Corps to make it a career.
While living in Butte he married Roberta Clark of Livingston. He is survived by his wife and three sons, Danny, 10; Dennis, 7; and Deland, 5, all of Ocean Side CA. Other survivors are: His father, Arthur A. Anderson, now in Weiser ID; five sisters, Mrs. Roland Hillman of Salem OR; Mrs. Don Corrigan, Polson; Mrs. Orville Focthman, Weiserer ID; Mrs. Bill Clark, and Mrs. Bud Stahlberg, Kalispell. A brother, Robert A. of Ida. and grandmother, Mrs. H. M. Conant of Polson.
Funeral arrangements are pending arrival of the body at the Wagner and Campbell Chapel in Kalispell. (Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell MT, 20 Apr 1967)
Rites for Lt. Anderson To Be Conducted Here
The body of Marine Lt. Jack H. Anderson, 32, formerly of Bigfork, is being forwarded to the Waggener & Campbell Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements for Lt. Anderson are to be announced.
Lt. Anderson was killed when the tank in which he was riding struck a mine about eight miles south of the demilitarized zone near Quang Tri in Vietnam 11 Apr (1967).
He was the son of Arthur Anderson of Weiser ID, formerly of Bigfork, and was born in 1935. He was a 1952 graduate of Bigfork High School
Lt. Anderson was preceded in death by his mother. He is survived by his widow, Roberta, and three sons, Dan, Dennis and Deland, at the family Home in Oceanside CA; his father, five sisters, Mrs. Don (Bertha) Corrigan of Polson, Mrs. Harold (Shirley) Stahlberg and Mrs. Bill (Bonnie) Clark, both of Kalispell, Mrs. Jan Hillman of Portland and Mrs. Norma Fochtman of Weiser; a brother Robert Anderson in Idaho and his grandmother Mrs. Herbert Conant of Polson.
Memorial services were conducted at the Marine Memorial Chapel at Camp Pendleton CA, today. (Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell MT, 19 Apr 1967)
http://www.facesfromthewall.com/mtvn/MT1967apr.html
In Viet Nam
Second Lt. Jack H. Anderson, USMC, son of Arthur A. Anderson, formerly of Bigfork, was killed by enemy fire in Viet Nam 12 Apr (1967). He was a brother of Mrs. Don Corrigan of Polson. He arrived at Quang Tri, close to the border between North and South Viet Nam, the last of February of this year.
Anderson graduated from Bigfork High school in 1953, and entered the Marine Corps that summer. He served in the Korean conflict. Upon discharge he attended MSU in Bozeman for 2 quarters and then went to work for the FBI in Butte for a few years. He remained active in the Marine Reserves but later rejoined the Corps to make it a career.
While living in Butte he married Roberta Clark of Livingston. He is survived by his wife and three sons, Danny, 10; Dennis, 7; and Deland, 5, all of Ocean Side CA. Other survivors are: His father, Arthur A. Anderson, now in Weiser ID; five sisters, Mrs. Roland Hillman of Salem OR; Mrs. Don Corrigan, Polson; Mrs. Orville Focthman, Weiserer ID; Mrs. Bill Clark, and Mrs. Bud Stahlberg, Kalispell. A brother, Robert A. of Ida. and grandmother, Mrs. H. M. Conant of Polson.
Funeral arrangements are pending arrival of the body at the Wagner and Campbell Chapel in Kalispell. (Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell MT, 20 Apr 1967)
Rites for Lt. Anderson To Be Conducted Here
The body of Marine Lt. Jack H. Anderson, 32, formerly of Bigfork, is being forwarded to the Waggener & Campbell Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements for Lt. Anderson are to be announced.
Lt. Anderson was killed when the tank in which he was riding struck a mine about eight miles south of the demilitarized zone near Quang Tri in Vietnam 11 Apr (1967).
He was the son of Arthur Anderson of Weiser ID, formerly of Bigfork, and was born in 1935. He was a 1952 graduate of Bigfork High School
Lt. Anderson was preceded in death by his mother. He is survived by his widow, Roberta, and three sons, Dan, Dennis and Deland, at the family Home in Oceanside CA; his father, five sisters, Mrs. Don (Bertha) Corrigan of Polson, Mrs. Harold (Shirley) Stahlberg and Mrs. Bill (Bonnie) Clark, both of Kalispell, Mrs. Jan Hillman of Portland and Mrs. Norma Fochtman of Weiser; a brother Robert Anderson in Idaho and his grandmother Mrs. Herbert Conant of Polson.
Memorial services were conducted at the Marine Memorial Chapel at Camp Pendleton CA, today. (Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell MT, 19 Apr 1967)
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POSTED ON 4.12.2005
POSTED BY: Dave Kruger, 196th LIB, 66-67
Not forgotten
Jack, Although we never met, I just want you to know you are not forgotten. You gave the ultimate sacrifice, your life for what you believed in. Sleep well and thank you.
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