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Personal info

Full name
VAHAMAKI, Uno Edwin
Date of birth
8 March 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Redford, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Munising, Alger County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36963187
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Thonville-Chémery, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 20 14

Immediate family

Members
John E. Vahamaki (father)
Hilma (Lahtenmaki) Vahamaki (mother)
Ina Vahamaki (sister)
Lina Vahamaki (sister)
Emil Vahamaki (brother)
Charles E. Munishing (half-brother)
Hugo E. Munishing (half-brother)
Edith T. Vahamaki (wife)
Maureen K. Vahamaki (daughter)
Loretta T. Vahamaki (daughter)

More information

Pvt Uno E. Vahamaki was employed by the Munising Paper Company before he enlisted on 3 April 1944.

He received his basic training at Camp Fanning, Texas and later at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dan Phelam