Minnesota Discovery Center

John James Zallar, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Private
serial number:
location:Battery B, 243rd Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion in the Central Pacific.
enlistment date:Sept. 8, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Feb. 4, 1946
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)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 348; (2) Chisholm War History Committee Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:March 17, 1920
birth place:
home town:Chicago, IL
date of death:Oct. 3, 1989
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 10/14/2015