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Elmer John Mattson, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:
serial number:
location:866th Air Engineer Squadron in the European Theater.
enlistment date:June 13, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Oct. 23, 1945
place discharged:Camp Grant, IL
decorations: European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Meritorious Service Medal (1969-)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 197.

Personal Information

date of birth:Feb. 17, 1916
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Nov. 9, 1986
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 9/22/2015