Charles E. Carlson

World War II
Service #O-706483
Unit62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From New York
Date of DeathDecember 23 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Notes

His remains have been recovered and identified, but his name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at Ardennes 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.