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Walter Aaron Backman, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Lieutenant
serial number:
location:Army Air Corps. 8th AAF Bomber Station, England.
enlistment date:None
place enlisted:
discharge date:None
place discharged:
decorations: Air Medal (1942-)
Purple Heart (1932-)
Service Star(s)
history:Wounded by enemy flack over Northern France, resulting in a neck injury, on January 31, 1944.
service documents:
references:Chisholm War History Committee Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:May 28, 1921
birth place:
home town:
date of death:Jan. 6, 2010
father:Backman, Axel J.
mother:Backman, Elin (Lillvikar)
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 10/21/2015