Winnebago County

 

Lt. Ernest Leroy Anderson

 

 

Ernest Leroy Anderson was born Dec. 6, 1923 to Oscar and Tilda Brackey Anderson. He died Apr. 22, 1945 and is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Florence American Cemetery, Impruneta, Italy.

Lt. Anderson served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 95th Fighter Squadron, 82nd Fighter Group and was MIA/KIA. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart and Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters.

Source: ancestry.com