Minnesota Discovery Center

John Victor Kochevar, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Private
serial number:37171939
location:Battery B, 395th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe.
enlistment date:March 29, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Oct. 23, 1945
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: Arrowhead Device (U. S. Army)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Overseas Service Bar(s)
history:
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 2, 1920
birth place:Biwabik, MN
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:March 14, 1999
father:Mike Kochevar
mother:Rose Kochevar (nee Dergantz)
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 2/24/2016