Minnesota Discovery Center

Eli Rapovich, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:
serial number:
location:Company G, 3651st Infantry Regiment in Rome-Arno, North Apennines and Po Valley, Italy.
enlistment date:July 21, 1943
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Nov. 9, 1945
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
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)
Purple Heart (1932-)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:Wounded in action in Italy on January26, 1945.
service documents:
references:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 262.

Personal Information

date of birth:April 3, 1925
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Nov. 24, 1995
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 8/26/2015