Minnesota Discovery Center

Robert Emanuel Erickson, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:
serial number:
location:Company E, 2nd Battalion, 276th Infantry Regiment, 70th Infantry Division in Rome-Arno, Italy; Rhineland; and Central Europe.
enlistment date:Sept. 27, 1943
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:March 7, 1946
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Bronze Star Medal (1941-)
Combat Infantryman Badge (1941-)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Overseas Service Bar(s)
Purple Heart (1932-)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:Wounded in action on March 8, 1945, and hospitalized in Nancy, France, for six weeks. Entered the Army infantry reserve for three years and was discharged March 7, 1949.
service documents:
references:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 77.

Personal Information

date of birth:July 19, 1925
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Oct. 13, 2010
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mother:
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school:None

Last update: 9/02/2015