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Joyce E. Hanson

Born 5-29-1906, Steele County
Gender Male
Parents Sam and Julia Hanson
Schools Attended

Waseca High School, Waldorf Junior College, Mankato Vocational Technical College

Branch of Service Army
Additional Identifiers Commissioned or Warrant Officer
National Guard
Service Timeframe 1943 - 1945
War/Conflict World War Two 1939-1945
Principal Units and Locations

Army 8th Armored Division, European Theater in Artillery and Communications

Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, Battle of the Bulge, Central Europe, ground combat.

Military Awards and Decorations

PFC, American Theater Service medal, European-African-Middle Eastern medal, good conduct medal 45, two overseas bars, lapel button issued, ASR score 63 ( (2 Sep 45), 2 1/2 prior years National Guard. Marksman Carbine and Field Lineman 641