Minnesota Discovery Center

Joseph William Bachnik, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Sergeant
serial number:
location:HQ, 40th Infantry Division.
enlistment date:June 12, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Jan. 22, 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)
Philippine Liberation Medal (1944-1945)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 29; (2) Chisholm War History Committee Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:March 11, 1916
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:March 21, 2006
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 10/20/2015