Minnesota Discovery Center

Henry Peter Brusacoram, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Navy
rank:Colonel
serial number:8702937
location:New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Okinawa, Leyte Gulf and Mindinao, Philippines, Shanghai and Tsingtao, China.
enlistment date:July 1, 1943
place enlisted:Minneapolis, MN
discharge date:Aug. 25, 1952
place discharged:Chisholm, MN
decorations: American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Meritorious Service Medal (1969-)
National Defense Service Medal: Global War on Terrorism (2001-)
Overseas Service Bar(s)
Philippine Liberation Medal (1944-1945)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:Also served on radiological survey crews at the Able and Baker Atomic Bomb Tests at Bikini Atoll.
service documents:
references:American Legion, Press-Lloyd Post No. 247 (Chisholm, Minn.) Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:May 21, 2025
birth place:Chisholm, MN
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:June 25, 2006
father:Louis V Brusacoram
mother:Stephonie Brusacoram (nee Terzolo)
siblings:Albert, Louis, Dennis, Donald, Gary, Onerine, Nancy
school:Chisholm High School

Last update: 1/15/2016