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marital status |
not married |
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sex |
M |
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citizenship |
Finland |
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nationality |
Finn |
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mother tongue |
Finnish |
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number of children |
0 |
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occupation |
farmer (mv.) |
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military rank |
Private (Sotamies) |
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unit |
7./JR 53 (7th comp., 53rd Inf.Regt.) |
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unit code |
5054 |
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date of birth |
08.12.1924 |
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municipality of birth |
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place of domicile |
Suomussalmi |
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place of residence |
Suomussalmi |
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date when person was wounded |
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place when person was wounded |
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municipality when person was wounded |
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date when person was disappeared |
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place when person was disappeared |
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municipality when person was disappeared |
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date of death |
14.06.1944 |
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place of death |
Kuuterselkä |
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municipality of death |
Kanneljärvi |
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municipality of burial * |
Suomussalmi |
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death class |
was committed to rest, body remained in the field or was destroyed |
* - There are (commonly) no not buried soldiers in Finland. The place in military cemeteries are reserved and gravestones are prepared for all the soldiers, even MIA. So re-burying of recently found remains cannot make a disorder in the cemetery.
The remains were transferred to Finnish side 01.10.2003
This information was translated from the book "Kuuterselkäkin murtui" of Niilo Lappalainen, ISBN 951-0-18520-5, published by WSOY at 1993.
"Kuuterselkäkin murtui" is based on war diaries of II Battalion, 5.-7./JR 53 etc., a couple of other books and researches and interviews, so it is very reliable.
(pages 78-79) : "Medical under sergeant Heikki Luukkanen from 6./JR 53 became POW in 14.6.1944 (and was interviewed by Lappalainen for this book). He went from potato cellar behind the line, which was for the wounded soldiers, into the battle line and was badly wounded. Private Setti Manninen came and said: A bullet has gone trough your head. Manninen took him on his shoulder and transposed him into the potato cellar. The Russians came while closer and the Finns run away. Manninen fell soon after that."
Thanks to Pentti Killström and Heikki Hakala for gathering and translating this information!
Source: http://www.mil.fi
