Staff Sergeant Homer L. Anderson, 38473256 Staff Sergeant Homer L. Anderson, 38473256 US Army KIA. He was the son of Reverend and Mrs. Deckert Anderson. He was also Married. He entered the Army on February 4, 1942; trained at Camp Swift, Texas. He commanded one of the first platoon of men who went ashore in the Normandy Invasion on D-Day, with 146th engineer combat battalion. He was Killed in Action on June 10, 1944, around the age of 22.

Staff Sergeant Homer L. Anderson, 38473256 US Army KIA. He was the son of Reverend and Mrs. Deckert Anderson. He was also Married. He entered the Army on February 4, 1942; trained at Camp Swift, Texas. He commanded one of the first platoon of men who went ashore in the Normandy Invasion on D-Day, with 146th engineer combat battalion. He was Killed in Action on June 10, 1944, around the age of 22.

Source:

1 – Men and women in the Armed Forces from Gregg County Texas

2- U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949

3- https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=38473256&bc=sd&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=7362649