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Anton Joseph Repesh, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Sergeant
serial number:
location:Fifth Bombardment Group in the Southern Philippines (Liberation), Borneo, and Western Pacific.
enlistment date:Feb. 4, 1944
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Jan. 24, 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)
Philippine Liberation Medal (1944-1945)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:Re-enlisted into military service on 1/16/1951 and was discharged on 3/9/1952.
service documents:
references:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 265.

Personal Information

date of birth:Dec. 15, 1912
birth place:Chisholm, MN
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Jan. 5, 1996
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 8/26/2015