After the Cuban Missile Crisis ended, Anderson's body was returned to the United States and interred in Greenville on November 6 at Woodlawn Memorial Park.

A memorial to Anderson was erected in 1963 at Cleveland Park in Greenville.
No surplus U-2 aircraft were available at the time, so an F-86 Sabre like the ones he flew in Korea was used instead: North American YF-86H-1-NA Sabre, AF Ser.
No.
52-1976.

The memorial was redesigned, and it was rededicated on October 27, 2012, the 50th anniversary of Anderson's death.

The auditorium for the 47th Operations Group at Laughlin AFB, Texas, is named in his honor.

The Maj.
Rudolf Anderson Jr. Squadron of the Arnold Air Society at Clemson University is named in his honor.
After the Cuban Missile Crisis ended, Anderson's body was returned to the United States and interred in Greenville on November 6 at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
A memorial to Anderson was erected in 1963 at Cleveland Park in Greenville. No surplus U-2 aircraft were available at the time, so an F-86 Sabre like the ones he flew in Korea was used instead: North American YF-86H-1-NA Sabre, AF Ser. No. 52-1976.
The memorial was redesigned, and it was rededicated on October 27, 2012, the 50th anniversary of Anderson's death.
The auditorium for the 47th Operations Group at Laughlin AFB, Texas, is named in his honor.
The Maj. Rudolf Anderson Jr. Squadron of the Arnold Air Society at Clemson University is named in his honor.
Rudolf Anderson