Armand Joe DeGrio

Era: World War II

Military Branch: Army

Armand Joe DeGrio was inducted into the Army March 7, 1944, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

He served as a Technician Fourth Grade and welder with the 177th Engineer Construction Battalion of the Alaskan Department.

Awarded:

Good Conduct Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Two overseas service bars.

Honorably discharged January 13, 1946, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The Saint Louis County World War II Project, page 67.