Kenneth W. Niemi

Kenneth W. Niemi of Biwabik, Minnesota enlisted in the Naval Reserve on November 21, 1942.

He was a Commissioned Ensign and served as an assistant navigator, a radar officer, a commissary officer, and an anti-submarine warfare officer in the Continental United States and aboard the USS Roselle (AM 379).

Mr. Niemi received the: American Campaign Service Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.

He was discharged December 12, 1945.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 221.

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