Dewey Rex Anderson

Korean War
Service #16253670
UnitA CO 38 INF 2 DIV
RankSergeant U.S. Army
Date of DeathJanuary 13 1951
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
4
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Prisoner of War Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Combat Infantryman Badge
Sergeant Anderson was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Sergeant Anderson was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Yongon-Dong, North Korea on November 25, 1950. He died in a POW camp in North Korea on January 13, 1951 from malnutrition and pneumonia. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.