Minnesota Discovery Center

Chester William Grafing, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Corporal
serial number:
location:Company E, 410th Infantry Regiment in Rhineland, Central Europe, and the Aleutian Islands.
enlistment date:March 28, 1941
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Sept. 29, 1945
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: American Defense Service Medal (1939-1941)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
Bronze Star Medal (1941-)
Combat Infantryman Badge (1941-)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Overseas Service Bar(s)
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. 93.

Personal Information

date of birth:March 6, 1919
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Dec. 5, 1985
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 9/04/2015