Minnesota Discovery Center

John Ranta, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:
serial number:
location:HQ Battery, 66th Division Artillery in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe.
enlistment date:Jan. 31, 1943
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Nov. 17, 1945
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: 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)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 261.

Personal Information

date of birth:April 8, 1910
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Jan. 25, 1968
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 8/26/2015