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PFC Archie Vernon Erickson

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Birth	:	17 Apr 1922 Edgar, Clay County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	26 Jun 1944 France
Burial	:	East Side Cemetery, Estherville, Emmet County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.4068985, -94.8264008
Plot	:	Block 10, Lot 13, Grave 3, Row 5
Inscription	:	killed in action in Cherbourg France
Description	:	Cenotaph: PFC Erickson is still listed as Missing in Action and is also memorialized at the Normandy American Cemetery and memorial FAG #56644294 ========================================================================= The Edgar Sun (Edgar, NE) Fri., Aug 4, 1944 - Page 1 Pfc. Archie D. (sic) Erickson Wood River, Listed Missing Pfc. Archie D (sic). Erickson, 22-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Erickson of Wood River, officially has been listed as "Missing in France" as of June 26. Notification by the war department was received late Thursday, July 27, by his parents. Pfc Erickson participated in the D-day invasion... Read More	Cenotaph: PFC Erickson is still listed as Missing in Action and is also memorialized at the Normandy American Cemetery and memorial FAG #56644294 ========================================================================= The Edgar Sun (Edgar, NE) Fri., Aug 4, 1944 - Page 1 Pfc. Archie D. (sic) Erickson Wood River, Listed Missing Pfc. Archie D (sic). Erickson, 22-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Erickson of Wood River, officially has been listed as "Missing in France" as of June 26. Notification by the war department was received late Thursday, July 27, by his parents. Pfc Erickson participated in the D-day invasion of Normandy with the Fourth Division, then under the command of the late Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt. He was a member of the mortar section of the 22nd Infantry. He enlisted in November, 1942, and had been stationed in England since last January. The Erickson family has resided in the Wood River and Cairo communities for the past eight years, coming from Edgar, Nebraska, where Pfc. Erickson was born and spent his early boyhood. Mr. and Mrs. Erickson, now employed at the Cornhusker Ordnance plant (sic), formerly engaged in farming. A sister, Mrs. Ervie Laureson, now is making her home at Houston, Teas, where her husband is serving in the Army Air Forces, and a brother, Dean, is in defense work at Houston, living with his sister but will return to Wood River high school this fall. Daily Independent, Grand Island, Nebraska

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PFC Archie Vernon Erickson's memorial is located at: East Side Cemetery, Estherville, Emmet County, USA.
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PFC Archie Vernon Erickson death on 26 Jun 1944 in France
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Latitude: 43.4068985
Longitude: -94.8264008

Family Members:

Parent

Earnest Samuel Erickson

(1891 - 1958)

Ebba I Roos Erickson

(1896 - 1968)

Siblings

Hubert Samuel Erickson

(1920 - 1921)

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Nearby Cemetories:

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Coordinate: 43.4068985, -94.8264008

2. East Side Memorial Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.4267750, -94.8265600

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7. Prosser Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.4422000, -94.7783000

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13. Richland Township Cemetery
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14. Petersburg Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2977982, -94.9349976

16. Swan Lake Township Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3850746, -94.6381378

17. High Lake Jack Creek Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3006500, -94.7000620

18. Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.5442009, -94.8780975

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23. Lake Fremont Cemetery
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