Minnesota Discovery Center

Joseph John Techar, Jr.

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Private
serial number:
location:Company K, 399th Infantry Regiment in Germany.
enlistment date:March 22, 1944
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Aug. 2, 1945
place discharged:Baxter Gen. Hosp., Spokane, WA
decorations: European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Purple Heart (1932-)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:Wounded in action on April 18, 1945.
service documents:
references:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 320.

Personal Information

date of birth:Feb. 17, 1910
birth place:
home town:Hibbing, MN
date of death:Feb. 26, 1989
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 8/27/2015