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Walter George Suihkonen, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Private
serial number:
location:Rank: Pfc; (Private First Class). 772nd Tank Destroyer Battalion, Northern France and Rhineland.
enlistment date:March 2, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:July 17, 1945
place discharged:Camp Carson, CO
decorations:
history:
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project (2004?), p. 313. (2) Embarrass Victory Aides Newsletter Collection. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:Aug. 5, 1911
birth place:
home town:Embarrass, MN
date of death:May 14, 1988
father:John Suihkonen
mother:Maria Suihkonen (nee Kemppainen)
siblings:William Adolph Leonard Walter G. Ernest A. Sylvia I. Roy A. Wester A. Miriam H. Violet H. Martha E. Eino N. Kenneth L.
school:None

Last update: 11/03/2016