Richard J. Skripsky

Richard J. Skripsky entered the Army on December 12, 1944, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Home at entry: Meadowlands, Minnesota.

He served as a Private First Class with Headquarters Company of the First Battalion of the 19th Infantry Regiment in Mindinao, Philippines.

He received the following: Combat Infantryman Badge, Bronze Star Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, one overseas service bar, and Philippine Liberation Medal with one bronze battle star.

He was honorably discharged on May 22, 1946, at Fort Sheridan, Illinnois.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The Saint Louis County World War II Project, 297.

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