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Lester Joseph McAlpine, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
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serial number:
location:Medical Detachment of the 135th Infantry Regiment and 34th Infantry Division in Algeria, Fr. Morocco and Tunisia, North Africa; and Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, North Apennines, and Po Valley, Italy.
enlistment date:April 24, 1941
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:June 13, 1945
place discharged:Fort Snelling, MN
decorations: Bronze Star Medal (1941-)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Overseas Service Bar(s)
Purple Heart (1932-)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:Wounded in action on March 31, 1943, in the European Theater.
service documents:
references:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 198.

Personal Information

date of birth:Sept. 19, 1918
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:March 27, 1976
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school:None

Last update: 9/23/2015