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Wilfred Jalmer Mattson, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Sergeant
serial number:
location:27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division on Luzon.
enlistment date:June 13, 1943
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Feb. 12, 1946
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
Bronze Star Medal (1941-)
Combat Infantryman Badge (1941-)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Overseas Service Bar(s)
Philippine Liberation Medal (1944-1945)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 198.

Personal Information

date of birth:April 17, 1923
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:May 14, 1970
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 9/23/2015