Donald Julius Diesen

Era: World War II

Military Branch: Navy

Donald Diesen served during World War II in the U.S. Navy, enlisting on October 15, 1944.

He was assigned to Puerto Rico and Trinidad as an Aviation Electronic Technician Mate 3rd Class..

Mr. Diesen was discharged on July 30, 1946.

He was born in Cloquet, Minnesota in 1927, and is the son of Julius and Emelia Diesen. He graduated from Cloquet High School in 1944.

Source: Veterans’ Memorial Hall veteran history form, veteran’s account follows:

“Boot camp, Great Lakes, Illinois, then Electronic Technician Schooling, Chicago and Corpus Christi, Texas, January 1945 to January 1946. Then stationed in Puerto Rico and Trinidad until discharge in July, 1946.”