Minnesota Discovery Center

Iver Alfred Westerlund, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Navy
rank:
serial number:
location:Served aboard the USS English (DD 696), USS Relief (APH 11), and at various Naval stations in the European and Pacific Theaters and continental United States.
enlistment date:Aug. 29, 1939
place enlisted:
discharge date:March 15, 1946
place discharged:USN Hospital, Oakland, CA
decorations: American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
American Defense Service Medal (1939-1941)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
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. 339.

Personal Information

date of birth:Jan. 24, 1918
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Nov. 22, 1984
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 8/27/2015