Minnesota Discovery Center

Martin Wilhelm Backman, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:
serial number:37293367
location:3346th Quartermaster Truck Company in Luzon Island, Philippines.
enlistment date:None
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Dec. 19, 1945
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Philippine Liberation Medal (1944-1945)
Service Star(s)
history:
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 29; (2) Chisholm War History Committee Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:March 7, 1916
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Oct. 12, 1975
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 10/20/2015