John D. Jurenic

Era: World War II

Military Branch: Army

John D. Jurenic of Eveleth, Minnesota was inducted into the Army on April 25, 1942 at Fort Snelling, Minn.

He was a Private First Class and served as a cook with the 1339th Engineer Battalion in the Pacific and European Theaters.

Mr. Jurenic received the: Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle East Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal and four overseas service bars.

He was honorably discharged on January 14, 1946 at Camp McCoy, Wis.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 137.

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