Story County

 

Sgt. Theodore J. Rickerl

 

 

Theodore J. Rickerl was born Mar. 21, 1922 to Frank J. and Julia Elizabeth Baldus Rickerl.He died Apr. 10, 1945 and is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium and Saint Peter and Paul Cemetery, Boone, IA.

Sgt. Rickerl served in World War II with the U.S. army Air Corps 369th Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomber Group, Heavy and died in Germany while in the service of his country. He was awarded the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters.

Source: ancestry.com