George served as a First Lieutenant on B-25D #41-30555, 11th Bomber Squadron, 341st Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Michigan prior to the war.
George was "Killed In Action" when his B-25 crashed in China during the war.
He was awarded a Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Mausoleum #2 Shanghai Cemetery, China and was later repatriated here on September 14, 1949.
Service # O-796978
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
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Airmen who perished on B-25D #41-30555:
Dykstra, George E ~ 1st Lt, MI
Hendrickson, Milton H ~ Maj, MD
Schexnayder, Walter J, Jr ~ S/Sgt, LA
Searle, Harold K, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, MA
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
1LT
11 Bomb SQ
341 Bomb Grp.
US ARMY AIR FORCES
WORLD WAR II
Internment control form for the Marietta National Cemetery
World War II diseased returned from Mausoleum # 2 Shanghai Cemetery.
1st LT George E. Dykstra is one of the group burial and is interred in the common gave with M Sgt Schexnayder.
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He resided in Michigan prior to the war.
George was "Killed In Action" when his B-25 crashed in China during the war.
He was awarded a Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Mausoleum #2 Shanghai Cemetery, China and was later repatriated here on September 14, 1949.
Service # O-796978
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-25D #41-30555:
Dykstra, George E ~ 1st Lt, MI
Hendrickson, Milton H ~ Maj, MD
Schexnayder, Walter J, Jr ~ S/Sgt, LA
Searle, Harold K, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, MA
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
1LT
11 Bomb SQ
341 Bomb Grp.
US ARMY AIR FORCES
WORLD WAR II
Internment control form for the Marietta National Cemetery
World War II diseased returned from Mausoleum # 2 Shanghai Cemetery.
1st LT George E. Dykstra is one of the group burial and is interred in the common gave with M Sgt Schexnayder.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
George served as a First Lieutenant on B-25D #41-30555, 11th Bomber Squadron, 341st Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Michigan prior to the war.
George was "Killed In Action" when his B-25 crashed in China during the war.
He was awarded a Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Mausoleum #2 Shanghai Cemetery, China and was later repatriated here on September 14, 1949.
Service # O-796978
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-25D #41-30555:
Dykstra, George E ~ 1st Lt, MI
Hendrickson, Milton H ~ Maj, MD
Schexnayder, Walter J, Jr ~ S/Sgt, LA
Searle, Harold K, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, MA
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
1LT
11 Bomb SQ
341 Bomb Grp.
US ARMY AIR FORCES
WORLD WAR II
Internment control form for the Marietta National Cemetery
World War II diseased returned from Mausoleum # 2 Shanghai Cemetery.
1st LT George E. Dykstra is one of the group burial and is interred in the common gave with M Sgt Schexnayder.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in Michigan prior to the war.
George was "Killed In Action" when his B-25 crashed in China during the war.
He was awarded a Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Mausoleum #2 Shanghai Cemetery, China and was later repatriated here on September 14, 1949.
Service # O-796978
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-25D #41-30555:
Dykstra, George E ~ 1st Lt, MI
Hendrickson, Milton H ~ Maj, MD
Schexnayder, Walter J, Jr ~ S/Sgt, LA
Searle, Harold K, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, MA
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
1LT
11 Bomb SQ
341 Bomb Grp.
US ARMY AIR FORCES
WORLD WAR II
Internment control form for the Marietta National Cemetery
World War II diseased returned from Mausoleum # 2 Shanghai Cemetery.
1st LT George E. Dykstra is one of the group burial and is interred in the common gave with M Sgt Schexnayder.
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