Anthony J. Vranicar
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Army
Anthony J. Vranicar was inducted into the Army on April 3, 1943, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Home at entry: Virginia, Minnesota.
He served as a Corporal and telephone and telegraph lineman with the 463rd Signal Heavy Construction Battalion in the Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa.
Mr. Vranicar was awarded the following: Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one bronze battle star, and World War II Victory Medal.
He received a disability discharge on November 27, 1945, at Hospital Center at Camp Carson, Colorado.
Source: Hometown Heroes: The Saint Louis County World War II Project, 333.
