Minnesota Discovery Center

Russell Joseph Sixberry, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:
serial number:
location:Battery B, 136th Field Artillery Battalion, 37 Infantry Division in New Guinea, Northern Solomons, and Luzon.
enlistment date:April 28, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Dec. 24, 1945
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
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. 295.

Personal Information

date of birth:July 15, 1917
birth place:
home town:Side Lake, MN
date of death:Oct. 3, 1979
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 8/26/2015