LeRoy L. Alto

Leroy L. Alto enlisted in the Army Air Corps February 25, 1941. Home at entry: Gilbert, Minnesota.

He served as a Private First Class and supply clerk with the 73rd Fighter Squadron of the 318th Fighter Group in the Pacific.

Awarded: Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and one overseas service bar.

Honorably discharged January 18, 1946, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.

Source: Hometown Heroes:  The Saint Louis County World War II Project, page 17.

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