Aircraft in Accident-February 13,1943- Lt. Roger Larson

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1 LIEUT 12 AAF PHOTO RCN SO
WORLD WAR II

Roger William Larson
Birth
1 Apr 1914
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
Death
12 Feb 1943 (aged 28)
Tunisia
Burial
Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Plot
Block 3

RESERVE OFFICERS COMMISSIONED 1942-1945
LARSON, ROGER W O-885585 AIR

The Minneapolis Star Page 3
Monday 12 April 1943
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Purple Heart Sent
Local Flier's Mother
Mrs. Albert 1911 Goodrich
avenue, St. Paul, today had
received the Order of the Purple
heart awarded posthumously to
her son Lt Roger W Larson 29
Killed Feb 12 on duty in North
Africa.


Larson enlisted in the RCAF in
1940 and transferred to American
forces overseas last November
was a brother of A O Larson
3647 Abbott avenue S.



Reported Star Tribune 19 Sept 1943 he got Distinguished Flying Cross