Minnesota Discovery Center

Stanley Henry Palcich, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Navy
rank:Lieutenant
serial number:
location:Served aboard a U.S. Merchant Service vessel in the North Atlantic.
enlistment date:Aug. 1, 1942
place enlisted:
discharge date:None
place discharged:
decorations: Purple Heart (1932-)
history:While serving on a U.S. Merchant Service vessel in a convoy of ships in the North Atlantic, his ship was sunk by a German submarine. He was declared missing as of April 16, 1943, and presumed dead as of April 13, 1944.
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 236; (2) Chisholm War History Committee Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:April 17, 1914
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:April 13, 1944
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 9/30/2015