Leo J. Van Erdewyk

World War II
Service #6933606
Unit506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
RankFirst Sergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service From Iowa
Date of DeathOctober 6 1944
StatusRecovered
Initially Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Plot2
A
Row2
39
Grave2
58
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Notes

Initially listed as missing in action, First Sergeant's Van Erdewyk's remains were recovered and interred at the Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Holland.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.