Minnesota Discovery Center

John Andrew Skurla, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:
serial number:
location:62nd Bombardment Squadron, 39th Bombardment Group in the Air Offensive Japan and Ryukyu Islands.
enlistment date:Aug. 14, 1943
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Feb. 5, 1946
place discharged:Santa Ana AFB, CA
decorations: Air Medal (1942-)
American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
Oak Leaf Cluster (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. 298.

Personal Information

date of birth:May 1, 1925
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Sept. 30, 1995
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 8/26/2015