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Bernhard Richard Niemi, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Sergeant
serial number:
location:Army Air Corps. 495th Bomb Squadron, 344th Bomb Group in Rhineland and Central Europe.
enlistment date:July 24, 1943
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:April 6, 1946
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Overseas Service Bar(s)
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. 220. (2) Embarrass Victory Aides Newsletter Collection. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:Jan. 30, 1924
birth place:
home town:Embarrass, MN
date of death:May 28, 2008
father:Richard Samuel Niemi
mother:Fannie Niemi (nee Pulkinen)
siblings:Eleanore O. Lillian L. Arthur L. Martha V.
school:None

Last update: 9/29/2016