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Personal info

Full name
VIITANEN, Harry Gunard
Date of birth
24 September 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31264816
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
Grammont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 16 62

Immediate family

Members
Victor B. Viitanen (father)
Ida (Sirka) Viitanen (mother)
Onto Viitanen (brother)
Ruth Viitanen (sister)
Rachel D. Viitanen (sister)
Eva (Kivimaki) Viitanen (wife)

More information

Pvt Harry G. Viitanen attended high school for 4 years before he enlisted in Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 11 June 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Massachusetts Birth Records, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.newspapers.com - Fitchburg Sentinel Massachusetts 9 October 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy