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Personal info

Full name
KORHONEN, Waino R
Date of birth
17 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Ironwood, Gogebic County, Michigan
Hometown
Ironwood, Gogebic County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36460919
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Bütgenbach, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 2 33

Immediate family

Members
Henry Korhonen (father)
Ida Korhonen (mother)
Toiv Korhonen (brother)
Taimie Korhonen (sister)
Uni Korhonen (brother)
Hugo Korhonen (brother)
Ida Korhonen (sister)
Sam Korhonen (brother)
Hilda Korhonen (sister)

More information

Pvt Waino Korhonen worked on a farm before he enlisted in Kalamazzo, Michigan on 6 April 1943

He participated in the invasion of France on D-Day and was reported wounded in action on 13 June 1944 and was hospitalized in England.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, Ironwood Daily Globe, www.archives.gov

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet