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a.d. elliott
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Desert Storm/Desert Shield
Died in Service
Gulf War
New Hampshire
US Air Force
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Enlisting in the US Army in 1953, Sergeant First Class Webster Anderson was assigned to the 101st Airborne and deployed to Korea for the Korean War.
Remaining in the Army after his Korean deployment, Sergeant First Class Webster Anderson was deployed to Vietnam for the Vietnam War.
Near Tam Ky, Sergeant First Class Webster Anderson earned a Congressional Medal of Honor when his unit came under attack. He, under fire, climbed onto the parapet of a Howitzer, directing fire, while simultaneously returning fire with a rifle and grenades. Sergeant First Class Webster Anderson maintained his defensive fire, even when he was struck in the legs with the shrapnel of two grenades. A third grenade exploded in his hand as he tried to throw it back.
Despite the severity of his wounds, Sergeant First Class Webster Anderson survived, although he lost both legs and one arm.
Retiring from service in 1968, he returned to his home in Winnsboro, South Carolina, where he lived until his death on August 30, 2003.
Sergeant First Class Webster Anderson rests in the Blackjack Baptist Church Cemetery.
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