Alvin F. Engman

Alvin F. Engman enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve Jan. 19, 1942 at Minneapolis, Minn.

He served as a Technical Sergeant, aviation ordnanceman and aircraft armorer in the Guadalcanal Campaign in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. 

He participated in the capture and defense of in the Solomon Islands.

He was honorably discharged on Oct. 4, 1945 at Marine Air Casual Squadron Four, Marine Air Depot, Miramar, Calif.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 75.

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