Minnesota Discovery Center

Arvo Mike Michalson, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:
serial number:
location:Battery B of the 12th Field Artillery Battalion in Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe.
enlistment date:March 13, 1941
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Oct. 12, 1945
place discharged:Camp Swift, TX
decorations: American Defense Service Medal (1939-1941)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 204; (2) Chisholm War History Committee Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:May 28, 1914
birth place:Chisholm, MN
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Dec. 25, 1973
father:Matt Michalson
mother:Sanna Michalson (nee Hakala)
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 11/27/2015