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Kenneth Arthur Rudstrom, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Marine Corps
rank:Corporal
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location:China
enlistment date:Aug. 14, 1946
place enlisted:
discharge date:April 9, 1948
place discharged:Great Lakes, IL
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history:Served as a corporal and clerk typist with the First Marine Division in the Pacific; participated in the occupation forces in China (December 1946-May 1947); enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve on April 10, 1948, and served as a sergeant and bridge builder until he was discharged on February, 13, 1953; former commander of Press-Lloyd American Legion Post No. 247 (Chisholm).
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Personal Information

date of birth:June 4, 1928
birth place:Chisholm, MN
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:April 4, 1996
father:Charles O. Rudstrom
mother:Gladys Rudstrom (nee McCaskey)
siblings:Phyllis Brenner; Charles "Mac" Rudstrom
school:Chisholm High School

Last update: 3/26/2016