Arthur G. Lillquist

Arthur Lillquist was inducted into the Army on April 30, 1942, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Home at entry: Chisholm, Minnesota.

He served as a Technician 5th Grade and the general's orderly with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery of the 99th Division Artillery in Algeria-France, Morocco and Tunisia, North Africa, Sicily, Normandy and Northern France, Rhineland, and Ardennes, Germany; and Central Europe.

Mr. Lillquist was awarded the: Bronze Star Medal, Good Conduct Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with eight bronze battle stars, World War II Victory Medal and six overseas service bars.

He was honorably discharged October 8, 1945, at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 174.

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