Minnesota Discovery Center

Louis Joseph Ruparcich, Jr.

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:
serial number:37 304 307
location:Battery B, 165th AAA Gun Battalion in New Guinea.
enlistment date:Sept. 8, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Nov. 11, 1945
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. 274.

Personal Information

date of birth:Jan. 11, 1915
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:June 11, 1948
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 8/26/2015