Otto E. Lagerstedt
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Army
Otto E. Lagerstedt was inducted into the Army on April 24, 1942, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Home at entry: Chisholm, Minnesota.
He served as a Private First Class and a rifleman with the 510th Quartermaster Railhead Company in the Aleutian Islands.
Mr. Lagerstedt was awarded the: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with bronze battle star, World War II Victory Medal and four overseas service bars.
He was honorably discharged on November 14, 1945, at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.
Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 162.