Albertson, Marvin Earl

Name and Rank, First Lieutenant Marvin Earl Albertson.

Unit/placed, 350^th Fighter Squadron, 353^rd Fighter Group.

Marvin was born on Feb. 1, 1920 Winneshiek County, Iowa.

Father, Ole Albertson.

Mother, Amanda E. (Hove) Albertson.

Sisters, Oviet A. and Elaine K. Albertson.

Marvin entered the Service from California with service number # O-1995859.

Marvin E. Albertson rank/duty was a First Lieutenant/Pilot (P-51) in the 350^th Fighter Squadron.

Marvin E. Albertson died non battle in a mid-air collision and crashed at Wilden, Worcestershire, on Oct. 27, 1944, and he is honored with an Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Marvin E. Albertson is mentioned/buried at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.

Thanks to

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org