Minnesota Discovery Center

Dan Madich, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
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location:Company B of the 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion in Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe.
enlistment date:Oct. 19, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Dec. 15, 1945
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Overseas Service Bar(s)
Presidential [nee Distinguished] Unit Citation (1941-)
Service Star(s)
history:Re-enlisted as a First Lieutenant in the infantry from January 16, 1951, to November 11, 1953. He was wounded in action in Korea.
service documents:
references:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project (2004?), p. 182.

Personal Information

date of birth:May 29, 1924
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date of death:Nov. 5, 1988
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school:None

Last update: 9/18/2015