Victor J. Willson Jr.

World War II
Service #12215254
Unit504th Parachute Infantry Regt, 82nd Airborne Division
RankPrivate U.S. Army
Entered Service From Pennsylvania
Date of DeathSeptember 28 1945
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Notes
PVT Willson's remains have been recovered, identified and interred at Arlington National Cemetery. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial.
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.