Wallace W. Ollila

Wallace W. Ollila was inducted into the Army on April 14, 1945.

He was a Private First Class with Battery B, 282nd Coast Artillery Battalion, serving in the Continental United States and Pacific Theater.

Mr. Ollila received the: Meritorious Service Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Service Medal and World War II Victory Medal.

He was discharged on Aug. 8, 1946.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 230.

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