Minnesota Discovery Center

Charles John Rynes, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:
serial number:
location:Fifth Photo Reconnaissance Squadron in Tunisia, North Africa; and Sicily, Rome-Arno, North Apennines, and Po Valley, Italy.
enlistment date:March 31, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Oct. 20, 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)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 276; (2) Chisholm War History Committee Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:Oct. 17, 1915
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Aug. 4, 1980
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 10/09/2015