World War II
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Steele
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
358th Air Baser Squadron Army Corps
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968
Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater
Circumstances:
Died in service in Blythe, California
Biography:
Ernest Floyd Knutson was born in Clifford, Traill County, North Dakota on January 5, 1921, to Olaf (Oluf) Knutson and Tilda Jetland. He entered the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 20, 1942, and served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater. Staff Sergeant Knutson died in service on March 13, 1944, at Army Air Base, Blythe, Riverside, California and is buried in Lutheron Finley Cemetery, Finley, Steele County, North Dakota.
Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave