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Personal info

Full name
VUORENMAA, Oiva
Date of birth
9 January 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Alger County, Michigan
Hometown
Ironwood, Gogebic County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36413477
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
302nd Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 6 25

Immediate family

Members
Erick Vuorenmaa (father)
Salina Vuorenmaa (mother)
Eino Vuorenmaa (brother)
John Vuorenmaa (brother)
Lilly Vuorenmaa (sister)
Elmi Vuorenmaa (sister)
Arvo Vuorenmaa (brother)
Villio Vuorenmaa (brother)
Sulo Vuorenmaa (brother)
Touvo Vuorenmaa (brother)
William Vuorenmaa (brother)
Harold Vuorenmaa (brother)
Kenneth Vuorenmaa (brother)

More information

Pfc Oiva Vuorenmaa enlisted in Marquette, Michigan on 7 December 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Susan Berner, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.94thinfdiv.com. www.newspapers.com - Ironwood Daily Globe - 29 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery