Milton A. Westin

Milton A. Westin entered the Army on March 5, 1943, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Home at entry: Eveleth, Minnesota.

Mr. Westin served as a Private First Class and a cannoneer with Battery A of the 359th Field Artillery Battalion in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe.

He received the American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with four bronze battle stars, World War II Victory Medal and two overseas service bars.

Mr. Westin was honorably discharged on November 20, 1945, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

Source: Hometown Heroes:  The Saint Louis County World War II Project, 339.

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