Brigadier General James Roy Andersen

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United States Army Air Forces officer human military aviator

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.

Aliases (2)

James Roy Andersen ×40
Andersen Air Force Base ×1

Statements (41)

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 Field → Pacific Ocean Areas headquarters →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Andersen Air Force Base →	namedAfter