Bruno E. Koskela

Bruno E. Koskela of Virginia, Minnesota was inducted into the Army on April 30, 1942 at Fort Snelling, Minn. 

He was a Private First Class and a rifleman with Company A, 338th Infantry Regiment in Rome-Arno and North Apennines, Italy. He was wounded in action on January 25, 1945.

Mr. Koskela was awarded the: Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, European-African-Middle East Campaign Medal with two bronze battle stars and World War II Victory Medal.

He was honorably discharged on October 4, 1944 at Glennan Army General Hospital, Okmulgee, Okla.

.Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 154.

 

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