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Personal info

Full name
SIRTOLA, Axel Leonard
Date of birth
6 November 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Negaunee, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Neguanee, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36884054
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Germeter, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 41 23

Immediate family

Members
William Sirtola (father)
Mary A. Sirtola (mother)
Hulda M. Sirtola (sister)
Tyne E. Sirtola (sister)
John W. Sirtola (brother)
Jennie W. Sirtola (sister)
Gertrude I. Sirtola (sister)
Laura J. (Koskela) Sirtola (wife)
Arlene Sirtola (daughter)

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, Ironwood Daily Globe 18 December 1944, IDPF of Raymond C. Blanton, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels