Minnesota Discovery Center

George Ernest Waris, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:TEC 5
serial number:
location:Company "A", 248th Engineer Combat Battalion in Northern France and Rhineland.
enlistment date:June 13, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Oct. 25, 1945
place discharged:Baxter Gen. Hosp., Spokane, WA
decorations: European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Purple Heart (1932-)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:Wounded in action on September 29, 1944, in France.
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project (2004?), p. 337. (2) Embarrass Victory Aides Newsletter Collection. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:March 13, 1916
birth place:
home town:Embarrass, MN
date of death:Oct. 17, 1946
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 9/21/2016