Minnesota Discovery Center

Walter Mathias Lehto, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Navy
rank:
serial number:
location:Fireman 1/c. Served aboard the destroyer USS King (DD 242), COM LST Flotilla 5, and the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVB 41).
enlistment date:Sept. 22, 1943
place enlisted:
discharge date:March 23, 1946
place discharged:Great Lakes, IL
decorations: American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
Philippine Liberation Medal (1944-1945)
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. 172. (2) Embarrass Victory Aides Newsletter Collection. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:July 22, 1924
birth place:
home town:Embarrass, MN
date of death:Oct. 8, 1969
father:Nick Lehto
mother:Annie Lehto
siblings:Selma E. Nick F. Lempi M. Laura S. Helia E. Robert W.
school:None

Last update: 5/20/2016