LaVerne A. Miller

LaVerne A. Miller was inducted into the Army on June 22, 1943, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Home at entry: Finlayson, Minnesota.

He served as a Technician 5th Grade, a rifleman and a truck driver with Company K of the 60th Infantry Regiment in Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe, including the Battle of the Bulge. He was wounded in action on February 3, 1945 in the European Theater of Operations.

Mr. Miller was awarded the following: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, European-African-Middle East Campaign Service Medal with four bronze battle stars, World War II Victory Medal and three overseas service bars.

He was honorably discharged on December 20, 1945, at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 207.

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