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Veikko Robert Ranta, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:
serial number:
location:Company B, 742nd Military Police Battalion in New Guinea.
enlistment date:Dec. 12, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Jan. 10, 1946
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
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. 262.

Personal Information

date of birth:July 31, 1921
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:May 6, 1969
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 8/26/2015