John B. Anderson lived in Bartholomew County, Indiana before the war. He worked on a farm before the war.  He enlisted tin the United States Army Air Forces on 26 November 1941.  He was assigned to the 365th Bomber Squadron that was part of the 305th  Bomber Group where he was the Radio Operator on a B-17 that was nicknamed the Buckeye Blitz (#41-240601.)  On 13 January 1943, John was Killed in Action when the Buckeye Blitz was shot down over Belgium while on a mission to bomb targets in Lille, France.
Information from Dorothy Jongens-Alexopoulos, but the source of the information is unknown.