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Wayne Elmer Tiainene, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:
serial number:
location:86th Mountain Infantry Regiment in Po Valley and Northern Apennines, Italy.
enlistment date:March 22, 1944
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Oct. 23, 1945
place discharged:Hospital Center, Camp Carson, CO
decorations: Bronze Star Medal (1941-)
Combat Infantryman Badge (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. 323.

Personal Information

date of birth:March 24, 1912
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:May 24, 1978
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 8/27/2015