Albert F. Carlson

Era: World War II

Military Branch: Army

Albert F. Carlson was inducted into the Army July 21, 1942, Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Home at entry: Hibbing, Minnesota.

He served as a Staff Sergeant and mess sergeant with 331st Quartermaster Depot Company in Normandy, Northern France, and Rhineland.

Awarded:

Good Conduct Medal with clasp
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with three bronze stars
World War II Victory Medal
five overseas service bars.

Honorably discharged November 25, 1945, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The Saint Louis County World War II Project, page 49.