Emil W. Erickson

World War II
Service #37160734
Unit33rd Squadron, 374th Troop Carrier Group
RankCorporal U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Minnesota
Date of DeathFebruary 6 1943
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Purple Heart
Air Medal and the Purple Heart
Notes

Cpl. Erickson was killed in a plane crash during combat operations in 1943 and was initially listed as Missing in Action with an Administrative Date of Death of December 17, 1945. Following the war, his remains were recovered and interred with the rest of the crew in a group burial in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. His name is permanently engraved on the Walls of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.