Minnesota Discovery Center

Robert Vincent Puhek, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:
serial number:
location:Company C, 133rd Infantry Regiment in Tunisia, North Africa; and Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, and North Apennines, Italy.
enlistment date:April 28, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:June 10, 1945
place discharged:Fort Snelling, MN
decorations: Bronze Star Medal (1941-)
Combat Infantryman Badge (1941-)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Overseas Service Bar(s)
Presidential [nee Distinguished] Unit Citation (1941-)
Purple Heart (1932-)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 258; (2) Chisholm War History Committee Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:May 8, 1919
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Nov. 20, 1988
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 10/05/2015