Minnesota Discovery Center

John Tanko, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Navy
rank:
serial number:
location:Served aboard the USS Hale and USS Abbot in the Pacific Theater.
enlistment date:Feb. 2, 1945
place enlisted:
discharge date:Nov. 6, 1946
place discharged:San Diego, CA
decorations: American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 319.

Personal Information

date of birth:June 17, 1926
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Oct. 8, 1976
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 8/13/2015