Monuments
Leiston Airfield (Station 373) and 357th & 358th Fighter Group Memorial
357th Fighter Group Roll of Honor
Name:
Elmer D. Rydberg
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-745519
Unit:
362nd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1945-10-14
State:
Iowa
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
Elmer D. Rydberg entered the military service in Iowa and served in the 362nd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group as a First Lieutenant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on October 14, 1945, in the crash of his P-51 #43-6629 near Erevent, Germany and now is buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.