Minnesota Discovery Center

Anthony L. Peternal, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Sergeant
serial number:
location:Battery B, 839th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion in Rhineland and Central Europe.
enlistment date:Dec. 21, 1939
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Oct. 3, 1945
place discharged:Indiangap Military Reservation, PA
decorations: American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
American Defense Service Medal (1939-1941)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
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. 247.

Personal Information

date of birth:May 26, 1919
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:May 8, 2005
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 9/30/2015