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John Troop Anderson

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John Troop Anderson

Birth
Kings County, New York, USA
Death
4 Feb 1978 (aged 86)
Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 4942, Section 43
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Enlisted, May 22, 1916, in Troop A, 1st Cavalry Regiment, NYNG, at the Bedford Avenue Armory, Brooklyn, NY. The 1st NY Cavalry mustered in for Mexican border service June 28, 1916. The regiment was assigned to Camp McAllen, Texas, as part of the 6th NY Division ( later to be the 27th Division ). He returned to Brooklyn with Troop A and mustered out of border service March 20, 1917.

NOK, 1916, John A. Anderson, father, 808 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY.

On March 30, 1917 ten days after being mustered out of border service the 1st Squadron, 1st NY Cavalry was called to duty. Troop A was part of the 1st Squadron and ordered to guard the NY Aqueduct Water System. When war was declared he was already on duty.

World War 1, he mustered in for the World War with the 1st NY Cavalry. The regiment was reorganized into the 104th & 106th Machine Gun Battalions, 27th Division and assigned to Camp Wadsworth, SC, for training. Troop A was designated Company A, 104th Machine Gun Battalion, 27th Division.

He was transferred, February 27, 1918, to the Air Service Signal Corps School of Military Aeronautics, Princeton, NJ. He was transferred August 12, 1918 to the 339 Aer Squadron and discharged from the service as a Sergeant 1st Class, February 4, 1919.
Enlisted, May 22, 1916, in Troop A, 1st Cavalry Regiment, NYNG, at the Bedford Avenue Armory, Brooklyn, NY. The 1st NY Cavalry mustered in for Mexican border service June 28, 1916. The regiment was assigned to Camp McAllen, Texas, as part of the 6th NY Division ( later to be the 27th Division ). He returned to Brooklyn with Troop A and mustered out of border service March 20, 1917.

NOK, 1916, John A. Anderson, father, 808 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY.

On March 30, 1917 ten days after being mustered out of border service the 1st Squadron, 1st NY Cavalry was called to duty. Troop A was part of the 1st Squadron and ordered to guard the NY Aqueduct Water System. When war was declared he was already on duty.

World War 1, he mustered in for the World War with the 1st NY Cavalry. The regiment was reorganized into the 104th & 106th Machine Gun Battalions, 27th Division and assigned to Camp Wadsworth, SC, for training. Troop A was designated Company A, 104th Machine Gun Battalion, 27th Division.

He was transferred, February 27, 1918, to the Air Service Signal Corps School of Military Aeronautics, Princeton, NJ. He was transferred August 12, 1918 to the 339 Aer Squadron and discharged from the service as a Sergeant 1st Class, February 4, 1919.

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