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Rudolph Ekar, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Navy
rank:Lieutenant
serial number:
location:SS Elizabeth Kellogg, SS Pierre Gibanlt, SSJacob Perkins, SS Jonathan Elmer, and continental U.S. stations.
enlistment date:Nov. 8, 1942
place enlisted:
discharge date:Nov. 25, 1945
place discharged:
decorations: American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:Commandant, Ninth Naval District.
service documents:
references:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 73.

Personal Information

date of birth:April 24, 1909
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Sept. 29, 1995
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 9/02/2015