Minnesota Discovery Center

John Gregory Bicanich, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Private
serial number:
location:755th Railway Shop Battalion in Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe.
enlistment date:April 26, 1943
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Jan. 8, 1946
place discharged:Camp McCoy, Sparta, WI
decorations: European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:Technician, 5th grade, 755th Railway Shop Battalion, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe.
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 38; (2) Chisholm War History Committee Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:July 30, 1922
birth place:Chisholm, MN
home town:Virginia, MN
date of death:Oct. 12, 1995
father:Bicanich, Louis
mother:Bicanich, Mary (Lisac)
siblings:
school:Chisholm High School

Last update: 11/04/2015