Rear Admiral Edwin Alexander Anderson Jr.

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Medal of Honor recipient United States Navy officer human

Rear Admiral Edwin Alexander Anderson Jr. was a highly decorated U.S. Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his valor and leadership in early 20th-century naval operations.

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Label Occurrences
Rear Admiral Edwin Alexander Anderson Jr. canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Medal of Honor recipient ⓘ
United States Navy officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived Navy Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
surface form: Distinguished Service Medal (US Navy)

Medal of Honor ⓘ
Navy Cross ⓘ
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
conflict Philippine–American War ⓘ
Spanish–American War ⓘ
United States occupation of Veracruz in 1914 ⓘ
surface form: United States occupation of Veracruz

World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1860-07-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1933-09-23 ⓘ
education United States Naval Academy ⓘ
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
familyName Anderson ⓘ
fieldOfWork military leadership ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ
genre naval operations in early 20th century ⓘ
givenName Edwin ⓘ
hasHonorificSuffix USN ⓘ
hasOccupation military leader ⓘ
honorificPrefix Rear Admiral ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Navy ⓘ
militaryRank Admiral (retired list designation sometimes used historically) ⓘ
Rear Admiral (Royal Navy) ⓘ
surface form: Rear admiral
militaryUnit Asiatic Squadron ⓘ
surface form: Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy

Atlantic Fleet ⓘ
surface form: United States Atlantic Fleet
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableAward Medal of Honor for actions at Veracruz, Mexico, 1914 ⓘ
notableFor Valor and leadership in early 20th-century U.S. naval operations ⓘ
notableWork Leadership of U.S. naval landing forces at Veracruz, Mexico, 1914 ⓘ
occupation naval officer ⓘ
partOf Officer corps of the United States Navy ⓘ
placeOfBirth Wilmington, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Wilmington, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Commander, Cruiser and Transport Force (World War I) ⓘ
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces at Veracruz landing operations ⓘ
reasonForAward Extraordinary heroism in battle at Veracruz, Mexico, 1914 (Medal of Honor) ⓘ
residence Wilmington, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
serviceNumber United States Navy officer (no publicly used service number) ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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USS Anderson (DD-411) → namedAfter → Rear Admiral Edwin Alexander Anderson Jr. ⓘ