Ralph Gardner Anderson was born on June 6, 1917, in Florida. He served in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Marine Regiment, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, as a Sergeant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 27, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.

Navy Cross Citation:
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Sergeant Ralph G. Anderson (MCSN: 278510), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism as Leader of a Machine-Gun Section serving the Second Battalion, Twenty-Second Marines, First Provisional Marine Brigade, Third Amphibious Corps, in action against enemy Japanese forces at Guam, Marianas Islands, on 27 July 1944. With his company pinned down by intense hostile machine-gun fire during a sudden, vicious attack by the Japanese, Sergeant Anderson immediately brought his guns up under the enemy's fierce opposition to deliver counterfire on the Japanese positions. When his number-one gunner was seriously wounded by mortar fire, Sergeant Anderson promptly replaced him then, valiantly exposing himself to the withering barrage, crawled to the side of the injured man and was himself mortally wounded while administering first aid to his comrade. By his daring aggressiveness, his decisive action and great personal valor in voluntarily risking his life for another, Sergeant Anderson upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.

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