WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

Milton O. Folkestad 

Entered Service: February 17, 1941

Branch of Service: Infantry

Trained at Fort Warren, Wyoming; Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Desert Training Center; San Luis Obispo, California. 

Overseas: September 14, 1942

Theatre of Operation: Pacific.

Engagements: New Guinea. 

Medals Earned: Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific, Bronze Arrowhead, Philippine Island Liberation, Bronze Star, Purple Heart with one Oak Leaf Cluster.

Discharged: September 17, 1945, Camp Beale, California.

Rank: Corporal

Total Months in Service: Fifty-six.

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