Minnesota Discovery Center

Paul John Tramontin, Jr.

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:
serial number:
location:Army Air Corps. 489th Bomb Group (H) in Sicily, Normandy, Northern France, Ploesti raid, and the Air Offensive in Western Europe.
enlistment date:Sept. 24, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Oct. 6, 1945
place discharged:Sioux Falls, SD
decorations: Air Medal (1942-)
Distinguished Flying Cross (1926-)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Oak Leaf Cluster (U. S. Armed Forces)
Presidential [nee Distinguished] Unit Citation (1941-)
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. 325.

Personal Information

date of birth:June 30, 1914
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Sept. 14, 1992
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 8/27/2015