William Ewert

Birthplace: Vivian Township, Waseca County, MN

Branch of Service: Army

Unit: Battery C, 82nd Field Artillery Battalion

Theater of Operation: Pacific

Enlisted / Commissioned: Dec 9, 1944

Discharged: May 15, 1946

Highest Rank: Technician 5th Class

Honored By: All of his family

Bill served his country in the U.S. Army toward the end of WWII with Battery C, of the 82nd Field Artillery Battalion, from 9 December, 1944, to 15 May, 1946. He was a truck driver involved with the cleaning up prison camps in Japan and the Philippines and attained the rank of Technician 5th Class.