Minnesota Discovery Center

James Clayton Baldrica, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Navy
rank:Lieutenant
serial number:
location:USS LST 276 in the Pacific theater. Marshall Islands, Hollandia, New Guinea, Guam, Peleiu, and Luzon.
enlistment date:April 29, 1942
place enlisted:
discharge date:April 5, 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 Two Project (2004?), p. 30; (2) Chisholm War History Committee Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:Dec. 10, 1921
birth place:Chisholm, MN
home town:
date of death:Jan. 14, 1998
father:Baldrica, Oreste L.
mother:Baldrica, Mary L. (Tramontin)
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 10/22/2015