Minnesota Discovery Center

Steve Joseph Kalafatich, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Marine Corps
rank:Corporal
serial number:
location:
enlistment date:July 29, 1942
place enlisted:
discharge date:None
place discharged:
decorations: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
Purple Heart (1932-)
history:Was wounded July 3, 1944, in the invasion of Saipan and died shortly thereafter.
service documents:
references:Chisholm War History Committee Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:March 16, 1921
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:July 3, 1944
father:Mike Kalafatich
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 11/19/2015