Minnesota Discovery Center

Benhardt Jaffet Aho, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:TEC 5
serial number:
location:4602 Quartermaster Truck Company in the Pacific.
enlistment date:March 8, 1945
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Dec. 11, 1946
place discharged:Fort Sheridan, IL
decorations: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
Overseas Service Bar(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project (2004?), p. 16; (2) Embarrass Victory Aides Newsletter Collection. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:Dec. 18, 1926
birth place:Embarrass, MN
home town:
date of death:Jan. 30, 1980
father:Oscar Aho
mother:Amelia Aho (nee Pylka)
siblings:Herbert D. Mayme E. Benjamin L. Laila E. Edwin E. Helen F. Wilburt R. Willard J.
school:None

Last update: 11/23/2016