Minnesota Discovery Center

Allen Dennis Ethier, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
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location:HQ Company, First Battalion, 474th Infantry Regiment in the Aleutian Islands; Naples-Foggia and Rome-Arno, Italy; Southern France; Rhineland; Central Europe; and in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
enlistment date:March 29, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Oct. 30, 1945
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: Arrowhead Device (U. S. Army)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
Bronze Star Medal (1941-)
Combat Infantryman Badge (1941-)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Purple Heart (1932-)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:Wounded in action in Italy on December 4, 1943.
service documents:
references:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 78.

Personal Information

date of birth:Aug. 10, 1910
birth place:
home town:Nashwauk, MN
date of death:Dec. 19, 1961
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school:None

Last update: 9/02/2015