Minnesota Discovery Center

Raymond Roy Kari, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Private
serial number:
location:43rd Infantry Division, Pacific Theater.
enlistment date:July 8, 1942
place enlisted:
discharge date:Feb. 22, 1944
place discharged:
decorations:
history:Wounded In the head and received a tantalum plate in his head. Met Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at an affair for returning veterans.
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project (2004?), p. 140. (2) Embarrass Victory Aides Newsletter Collection. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:June 15, 1921
birth place:Embarrass, MN
home town:
date of death:Nov. 12, 2007
father:Andrew G. Kari
mother:Henna Kari (nee Anttila)
siblings:Lilja H. Ruth M. Andrew I. Mayme M.
school:None

Last update: 5/18/2016