Minnesota Discovery Center

Edward John Oman, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:
serial number:
location:Company H of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in Rhineland and Central Europe.
enlistment date:Feb. 17, 1939
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Aug. 12, 1945
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
American Defense Service Medal (1939-1941)
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:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 232; (2) Chisholm War History Committee Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:Nov. 2, 1917
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:March 19, 1985
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mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 9/29/2015