Wilton G. Erickson

World War II
Service #O-748934
Unit38th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Ohio
Date of DeathSeptember 5 1945
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Notes
2LT Erickson was initially listed as missing in action or lost at sea. He remains have been recovered and identified. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial.
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.