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Contact Info
Home Town McKeesport
Last Address St. Louis, MO
Date of Passing Feb 07, 1999
Location of Interment Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery (VA) - St. Louis, Missouri
BG Bamvakais enlisted on 17 July 1943, and was discharged on 30 January 1946, as a Sergeant, after serving in the 11th Airborne Division in World War II.
Upon his return to Missouri, he joined the Missouri National Guard.
He served as a civilian police officer from 1954-1957, when he was shot in the line of duty during a robbery in St. Louis, MO.
BG Bamvakais served for 38 years in the Army & National Guard before retiring on 1 September 1981.
His Son, John Robert Bamvakais, Jr. was Killed in Action in Vietnam.
Description The American Theater was a minor area of operations during World War II. This was mainly due to both North and South America's geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict in Europe and Asia. Thus, any threat by the Axis Powers to invade the mainland United States or other areas was considered negligible, allowing for American resources to be deployed in overseas theaters.
This article includes attacks on continental territory, extending 200 miles (320 km) into the ocean, which is today under the sovereignty of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and several other smaller states, but excludes military action involving the Danish territory of Greenland, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Aleutian Islands. The most well known battles in North America during World War II were the Attack on Pearl Harbor (the first attack on US soil since the Battle of Ambos Nogales), the Aleutian Islands Campaign, the Battle of the St. Lawrence, and the attacks on Newfoundland.
