Minnesota Discovery Center

George Kauppila, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:
serial number:
location:Company C, 804th Tank Destroyer Battalion in Rome_Arno, Northern Apennines, and Po Valley, Italy.
enlistment date:April 28, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Sept. 14, 1945
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: 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:Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 142.

Personal Information

date of birth:Aug. 10, 1914
birth place:
home town:Buhl, MN
date of death:Aug. 18, 1983
father:
mother:
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 9/11/2015