Minnesota Discovery Center

Walter John Gerzin, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Air Force
rank:Colonel
serial number:4219A
location:India; Meddle East; North Africa; England; Germany; Dover, Delaware; Chicago; Washington D.C.; and University of Minnesota.
enlistment date:Nov. 21, 1940
place enlisted:Minneapolis, MN
discharge date:July 31, 1961
place discharged:Dover, DE
decorations: Air Medal (1942-)
American Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
American Defense Service Medal (1939-1941)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1941-1945)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Oak Leaf Cluster (U. S. Armed Forces)
Silver Star Medal (1932-)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:American Legion, Press-Lloyd Post No. 247 (Chisholm, Minn.) Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:Sept. 4, 1916
birth place:Chisholm, MN
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Sept. 30, 2013
father:Jacob M Gerzin
mother:Caroline Gerzin (nee Kovach)
siblings:
school:Chisholm High School

Last update: 1/21/2016