Heino Sorvisto

Era: World War II

Military Branch: Army

Heino Sorvisto was inducted into the Army on October 27, 1942, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Home at entry: Big Falls, Minnesota.

He served as a Private with Battery A of the 811th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion in the Central American and Pacific Theaters.

He was awarded the following: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victor Medal, and four overseas service bars.

Mr. Sorvisto was honorably discharged on July 22, 1945, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The Saint Louis County World War II Project, 303.

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