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Wilbert Alex Kulmala (Viburg), None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
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location:Company I, 413th Infantry Regiment in Northern France and Rhineland.
enlistment date:Nov. 15, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Sept. 7, 1945
place discharged:Fort Custer, MI
decorations: Army of Occupation Medal (1946-)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
Bronze Star Medal (1941-)
Combat Infantryman Badge (1941-)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Purple Heart (1932-)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:Wounded in action on November 11, 1944 in Germany. Received a disability discharge September 7, 1945, from Percy Jones Hospital Center, Fort Custer, Michigan.
service documents:
references:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 160.

Personal Information

date of birth:March 24, 1919
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date of death:None
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school:None

Last update: 9/15/2015