Minnesota Discovery Center

James John Trdan, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:
serial number:17156730
location:485th Bombardment Group in Normandy, Northern France; Southern France; Rhineland; Air Combat Balkans; Air Offensive Europe; Rome-Arno, Northern Apennines, and Po Valley, Italy.
enlistment date:Nov. 27, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Sept. 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)
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:Sept. 14, 1923
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:April 13, 1955
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 8/27/2015