Minnesota Discovery Center

Thomas Edward Backman, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Marine Corps
rank:
serial number:
location:Assault Signal Company, 22nd Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division in San Diego, Hawaii, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Guam, and Okinawa.
enlistment date:Oct. 28, 1942
place enlisted:Minneapolis, MN
discharge date:Nov. 1, 1945
place discharged:Oceanside, CA
decorations:
history:Participated in action against the Japanese on Marshall Islands, Guam, and Okinawa.
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 351; (2) Chisholm War History Committee Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:April 22, 1923
birth place:
home town:
date of death:None
father:Backman, Axel J.
mother:Backman, Elin (Lillvikar)
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 10/21/2015