Glenn Arnold Niels Andersen

Viborg, SD

1939, 791, Lightning Creek, F-14,

Glenn Arnold Niels Andersen was born November 26, 1919, in Viborg, South Dakota. He was the son of Christian M. and Marie K. Andersen. He had one brother, Arlo W. Andersen, who also served as a Marine in World War II. Glenn attended Viborg High School and graduated in 1939. After high school he repaired radios and attended the Civilian Conservation Corps in Custer, South Dakota.

Glenn enlisted with the U.S. Army on February 12, 1942, and attained the rank of Corporal. He was stationed at Camp Forrest, Tennessee. He was then sent on to Chicago and New York. Later on, he was sent to Nova Scotia. For his final station, Cpl. Andersen went to Ungava Bay in northern Quebec.

Cpl. Andersen was the radio operator on the tugboat "Matthew." On October 28, 1942, it hit submerged rocks in waters difficult to navigate on the Koksoak River near Fort Chimo and sank. Everyone on board were civilians except for Cpl. Andersen. The tugboat was transporting supplies to Baffin Island where secret air bases were being built. There were five survivors and twenty-three perished of whom Cpl. Andersen was one. He was never found.

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