Brigadier General James Roy Andersen

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Brigadier General James Roy Andersen was a U.S. Army Air Forces officer and pilot in World War II who was killed in a 1945 aircraft accident and later honored as the namesake of Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army Air Forces officer
human
military aviator
allegiance United States of America
awardReceived Air Medal
Legion of Merit
Purple Heart
birthName James Roy Andersen
bodyDiscovered no
causeOfDeath airplane crash
commemoratedBy Andersen Air Force Base
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfDeath 1945
deathCircumstances disappeared on flight between Kwajalein and Hawaii
educatedAt Air Corps Tactical School
Command and General Staff School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States Military Academy
familyName Andersen
gender male
givenName James
honorificPrefix Brigadier General
mannerOfDeath aircraft accident
memberOf United States Army Air Forces
memorial Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
militaryBranch United States Army Air Forces
militaryRank Brigadier General
namedAfter James Roy Andersen
namesakeOf Andersen Air Force Base
notableFor being namesake of Andersen Air Force Base
service as a U.S. Army Air Forces officer in World War II
occupation military officer
pilot
placeOfDeath Pacific Ocean
positionHeld deputy commander of the Army Air Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas
serviceEnd 1945
serviceNumber O-17381
serviceStart 1926
stationedAt Hickam Air Force Base
surface form: Hickam Field

Pacific Ocean Areas
surface form: Pacific Ocean Areas headquarters

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Andersen Air Force Base namedAfter Brigadier General James Roy Andersen