MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Holmes, Howard Ashton

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Holmes​

• FORENAME

Howard Ashton​

• UNIT

3 Bn (Khaki Combat Team)​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

37093108​

• AWARD

Bronze Star​

• PLACE

Burma 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 23.12.1914 Brunswick,Minnesota​

son of Herbert Leroy and Emma Wilhelmina (nee Bergman) Holmes​

attended Brunswick School​

hauled livestock and had a cream route in civilian life​

enlisted October 1941​

98 Field Artillery Bn (Pack) 1943 ​

Marauders 1.10.1943​

discharged October 1945​

Mora Police Department​

Honeywell,Minneapolis (retired 1976)​

married Bonnie Mae Eaton 5.7.1951 (1930-2014) (4 sons Clair,Harlan,Terry and Todd,1 daughter Heidi)​

last residence Mora,Minnesota​

died 9.4.2013 Mora,Minnesota​

Riverside Cemetery,Brunswick,Kanabec County,Minnesota​

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