Frank J. Sechnik, Jr.

Frank J. Sechnik, Jr. entered the Army on March 5, 1943, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Home at entry: Eveleth, Minnesota.

He served as a Technical Sergeant and carpenter with Company B of the  361st Special Service Engineers in the Rhineland.

He was awarded the following: European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one bronze battle star, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and two overseas service bars.

He was honorably discharged on February 15, 1946, at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.

Source:  Hometown Heroes: The Saint Louis County World War II Project, 286.

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