Minnesota Discovery Center

Roy Albert Suihkonen, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:TEC 5
serial number:
location:Detachment Medical Department, U. S. Army General Hospital; Tunisia, Africa.
enlistment date:Sept. 9, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Sept. 23, 1945
place discharged:Camp Carson, CO
decorations: European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
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. 313; (2) Embarrass Victory Aides Newsletter Collection. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:Aug. 20, 1915
birth place:
home town:Embarrass, MN
date of death:June 2, 1979
father:John Suihkonen
mother:Maria Suihkonen (nee Kemppainen)
siblings:William Adolph Leonard Walter G. Ernest A. Sylvia I. Wester A. Miriam H. Violet H. Martha E. Eino N. Kenneth L.
school:None

Last update: 9/20/2016