Duties: Fire and tend boilers. Operate, adjust and repair pumps.
Enlisted: 12 November 1940
Place: Portland, Oregon
Onboard USS Arizona: 11 January 1941
From: RS San Diego
Birth Name: William Robert Anderberg
Date of Birth: 29 May 1921
Place of Birth: Washington
School: Not Known
Hometown / State on December 1941: Linnton, Oregon
Next of Kin: Mr. Anton A. Anderberg - Father
Address: P.O. Box 6104, Linnton, Oregon
Parents: Anton A. Anderberg & Agda Natalia [Nathalia] Pihl Anderberg
Disposition: Unrecoverable – Among the 900+ souls still onboard the USS Arizona
Posthumous Awards: Purple Heart, American Defense Service Medal w/Fleet Clasp, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/Star, WWII Victory Medal
Service information from the Vincent J. Vlach, USN Ret., (USS Arizona Survivor & Ship's Historian) and I. B. Nease, USNR Ret., (USS Arizona Historian) Collections [privately held collections] Other Information, Documents, and/or Photos provided by N. A. Nease, USS Arizona Historian [privately held collection] Report of Changes: National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, United States; Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949; Record Group: 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007; Series ARC ID: 594996; Series MLR Number: A1 135
Information researched and compiled by N. A. Nease. May not be reprinted in any form, other than non-profit educational use, without prior written permission of the author.