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Harold Edmond Korpela, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Private
serial number:
location:PFC. Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 351st Infantry Regiment in Normandy (D-plus-9, June 15, 1944), Northern France, Ardennes, and Rhineland.
enlistment date:Sept. 5, 1943
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Aug. 7, 1945
place discharged:Schick Army General Hospital, Clinton, IA
decorations: Bronze Star Medal (1941-)
Combat Infantryman Badge (1941-)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Overseas Service Bar(s)
Purple Heart (1932-)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:Fought, and was wounded, in the Battle of the Bulge, January 11, 1945).
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project (2004?), p. 153. (2) Embarrass Victory Aides Newsletter Collection. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:June 6, 1925
birth place:Biwabik, MN
home town:
date of death:Sept. 16, 2014
father:August (Gust) Korpela
mother:Mayme Korpela (nee Pulkkinen)
siblings:Edward L. Emil B. Leoni E. Ellen M.
school:Embarrass

Last update: 6/29/2016