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Matt Briski, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Navy
rank:Machinist's Mate
serial number:
location:Served aboard the USS Kaweah.
enlistment date:May 5, 1943
place enlisted:
discharge date:Nov. 8, 1945
place discharged:Great Lakes, IL
decorations: European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 45; (2) Chisholm War History Committee Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:May 15, 1921
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Nov. 16, 1965
father:Briski, George
mother:Briski, Mary (Mainerich)
siblings:Three brothers: Lawrence, John, and Joseph; three sisters: Mary, Betty, and Frances.
school:None

Last update: 11/10/2015