Minnesota Discovery Center

John Walter Oberstar, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Corporal
serial number:
location:HQ Company, Combat Command B, 16th Armored Division in Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe.
enlistment date:Nov. 9, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Oct. 23, 1945
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: Bronze Star Medal (1941-)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Overseas Service Bar(s)
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. 227; (2) Chisholm War History Committee Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:Feb. 7, 1917
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Sept. 19, 1974
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 9/29/2015