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Milton Oswald Kangas, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Navy
rank:
serial number:4101267
location:Served aboard the USS Colorado and the USS Truant in the Pacific Theater and at continental U.S. shore stations.
enlistment date:Nov. 14, 1936
place enlisted:
discharge date:Oct. 3, 1945
place discharged:Great Lakes, IL
decorations: American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
American Defense Service Medal (1939-1941)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 140.

Personal Information

date of birth:Feb. 24, 1918
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Jan. 24, 1959
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 9/10/2015