Minnesota Discovery Center

Ernest Oliver Hedquist, Jr.

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
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location:397th Base HQ and Air Base Squadron in Alaska.
enlistment date:March 31, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Jan. 16, 1946
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Overseas Service Bar(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
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service documents:
references:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 108.

Personal Information

date of birth:Sept. 4, 1917
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date of death:May 4, 1973
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school:None

Last update: 9/08/2015