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Personal info

Full name
HARJU, Reino E
Date of birth
17 June 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Verona, Huron County, Michigan
Hometown
Wakefield, Gogebic County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36186029
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Scout
Unit
HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Atton, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 19 8

Immediate family

Members
Erland Harju (father)
Ida A. (Koski) Harju (mother)
Wilju E. Harju (brother)
Aili R. Harju (sister)

More information

Pfc Reino E. Harju graduated from Dekalb High School and worked in an automobile factory before he enlisted in Traverse City, Michigan on 15 July 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Hubster Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com, https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4945&context=gradschool_theses
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy