WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

LeVerne A. Parrow

Entered Service: July 10, 1941.

Branch of Service: Infantry-Army.

Trained at Camp Roberts, California; Camp Carson, Colorado; Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

Overseas: November 10, 1941.

Theatre of Operation: Aleutians Islands.

Engagements:  Adak, Amchitka. 

Medals Earned: American Defense Service Medal, Two Bronze Stars, Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, Expert Infantry Medal.

Returned to U.S.:  April 2, 1944.

Discharged: July 6, 1945, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.  

Rank: Sergeant

Total Months in Service: Forty-eight.

Also Good Conduct Ribbon with Bronze Star for overseas before Pearl Harbor, Five Overseas service bars.