Erikson, Roland Dewitt
Navy Reserves Seaman 1st class

Roland Dewitt Erikson, age 22, from Canova, South Dakota, Miner county.

Parents: Erik Erikson (died February 6, 1940) and Hilma Josephenia Erikson

Service era: World War II
Military history: Entered Navy in 1942. Purple Heart

Date of death: Tuesday, November 7, 1944
Death details: Lost in action in the South Pacific
Cemetery: Memorialized in Black Hills National

Source: Grave marker; Chamberlain Middle School in South Dakota