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Stanley Joseph Mlakar, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Navy
rank:Seaman
serial number:3294645
location:Served aboard the USS ATO 33 (USS Pinola) and USS ATA 215 in the Pacific Theater.
enlistment date:Sept. 14, 1943
place enlisted:Hibbing, MN
discharge date:Sept. 21, 1946
place discharged:Great Lakes, IL
decorations: American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
Philippine Liberation Medal (1944-1945)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 209; (2) American Legion, Press-Lloyd Post No. 247 (Chisholm, Minn.) Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:Sept. 15, 1925
birth place:Chisholm, MN
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:None
father:Jacob Mlakar
mother:Mary Mlakar
siblings:Joseph Stanley William
school:Chisholm High School

Last update: 2/25/2016