The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Morris Allen Anderson
Rank
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
January 28, 1952
Lieutenant Anderson was the pilot of a F4U-4 Corsair fighter with Fighter Squadron 112, aboard the carrier USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CV-47). On January 28, 1952, while on a aviation gunnery drill, his aircraft's empennage was knocked off by a bomb from another aircraft. His plane crashed into the sea.