Earl William Askelson was born Sept. 1, 1921 to Albert Severin and Anna Matilda Jacobson Askelson. He died June 8, 1975 and is buried in Story City Cemetery, Story City, IA.
Sgt. Askelson served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps in the European theater of operations and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Source: ancestry.com
