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Personal info

Full name
NAKARI, Arne Emil
Date of birth
5 January 1913
Age
32
Place of birth
Meadow Brook, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Hometown
Togo, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37276153
Rank
Corporal
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Obergeckler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 74

Immediate family

Members
Daniel Nakari (father)
Anna (Jyrkillo) Nakari (mother)
Aina Nakari (sister)
George Nakari (brother)
Elzi Nakari (sister)
Selma Nakari (sister)
Toivo Nakari (brother)
Ano Nakari (brother)
Vaino Nakari (brother)

More information

Cpl Arne E. Nakari worked on the family farm.

He was killed by small arms fire to the side of his body.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery