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Gustave Eugene Erickson
Jody Hane2020-11-19T09:28:57-06:00
- Name: Gustave Eugene Erickson
- Location of Birth: Bigfork, Minnesota
- Date of Birth: December 9, 1908
- Date of Death: December 23, 1962 (54 years old)
- Parents: Johan Erickson and Amanda (Hansen) Erickson
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- Highest Rank: PVT (Private)
- Branch: Army
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Gustave was a Private in Company E of the 56th Armored Infantry Regiment during World War II.
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World War II
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Gustave was a lifelong resident of Bigfork, Minnesota. He grew up there and worked in the woods.
Survivors are three brothers, Cornelius, John, and Carl; two sisters, Mrs. Hildegard Tagtgren and Mrs. Charles Gustafson.
Gustave died at the Northern Itasca Hospital in Bigfork, Minnesota and is buried in the Bigfork Cemetery at Bigfork, Minnesota.
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