Minnesota Discovery Center

Fred Salo

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Corporal
serial number:
location:748th Railway Operating Battalion, China-Burma-India Theater.
enlistment date:Sept. 17, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Jan. 15, 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)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project (2004?), p. 279. (2) Embarrass Victory Aides Newsletter Collection. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:May 27, 1915
birth place:
home town:Embarrass, MN
date of death:May 27, 1971
father:Gabriel Salo
mother:Maria (Mary) A. Salo (nee Koskinen)
siblings:Ida George Tuhme William Lauri Marie Nickolai Arwo (Arvo)
school:None

Last update: 3/25/2016