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Major Carl R Erickson
Hi All
My Dad passed away this morning at 83. Those of you that have read this thread "Dirty Thirty" know he hasn't been well for awhile but at least he was home. Now I need some help as I need to write an obituary. I have his 214 here and of course it's full of codes that I do not know so if you can help here goes. Under medals etc. it reads like this: AM SOGB 125 DAF 64 ACM WWIIVM AFLSA w/4 OLG AFRESM NDSM w/1 BSS GCM VSM W/1 BSS RVCM HGD Also under "Education and Training" one course I do not know "compl-1966/CFAMIL CRSE" Any help would be greatly appreciated Thank you Dave |
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sorry about your dad Dave he joins alot of hero's up there, Bless him
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May you be in Heaven 3 days before the Devil knows your dead |
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Dave
My condolences to you and your family
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Bob K. AKA bOOger God bless the ACLU |
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Dave,
My condolences to you and your family. It sounds like he had quite a career. Here are some of the medals and decorations: AM - Air Medal WWII VM - World War II Victory Medal ACM - American Campaign Medal AFLSA - Air Force Longevity Service Medal AFRESM - Air Force Reserve Service Medal w/ 4 Oak Leaf Clusters NDSM - National Defense Service with 1 Star GCM - Good Conduct Medal VSM - Vietnam Service Medal w/1 Star RVCM - Republic of Vietnam Service Medal Not sure of the others.
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Covan
Thank you so much I really appreciate. The Air medal he is actually owed he figures 8 more. Don't know if you know but I believe he is also owed a new medal that came out for everyone that was in Korea after the war up till about 63? It's also interesting I found a form AF 11 ? that shows Foreign service for Korea & Vietnam, but 214 only shows Vietnam? Again Thank you Dave |
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Dave,
What you might want to do is re-request a copy of his records. Use an SF-180. Obtainable at: http://www.archives.gov/veterans/evetrecs/index.html Sometimes awards are given after the original DD-214 and a DD-215 is issued. Happened to me. I found I had awards issued that I never knew about. Good Luck.
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Covan
Had a little experince go to Marine fourm to "another purple heart story'. It's about my cousin's husband that received his purple heart 63 years latter!!! Dave |
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I am sorry to hear of your loss Dave. God Bless you and your family.
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Our
thoughts and prayers are with you and yours Dave.
God Bless. Gimp
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Gimpy "MUD GRUNT/RIVERINE" "I ain't no fortunate son"--CCR "We have shared the incommunicable experience of war..........We have felt - we still feel - the passion of life to its top.........In our youth our hearts were touched with fire" Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. |
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Obituary
I hope this works. I'm posting the obit that I wrote. We will be having a full military funeral complete with military pall bearers, bugler, gun salute and bag pipes. I almost got a "missing man" but the group that does them can only do week ends.
Dave Ps David if you can fix for best viewing would really appreciate! |
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