Minnesota Discovery Center

Joseph Lawrence Arko, M.D.

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Captain
serial number:
location:23rd Medical Hospital Ship Platoon, European Theater.
enlistment date:Aug. 4, 1942
place enlisted:
discharge date:Nov. 18, 1945
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:Chisholm War History Committee Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:March 18, 1913
birth place:
home town:Hibbing, MN
date of death:Sept. 9, 1955
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 10/15/2015