Minnesota Discovery Center

Joseph Pernat, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Private
serial number:
location:Service Battery, 283rd Field Artillery Battalion in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe.
enlistment date:March 12, 1941
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Sept. 17, 1945
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: American Defense Service Medal (1939-1941)
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:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 245.

Personal Information

date of birth:July 7, 1915
birth place:
home town:
date of death:Feb. 15, 1974
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school:None

Last update: 9/30/2015