HILTUNEN, Antti Erkki

ID tag

marital status

not married

sex

M

citizenship

Finland

nationality

Finn

mother tongue

Finnish

number of children

0

occupation

farmer (mv.)

military rank

Private (Sotamies)

unit

7./3.Pr. (7th comp., 3rd Inf.Brigade)

unit code

1296

date of birth

14.05.1924

municipality of birth

Säyneinen

place of domicile

Säyneinen

place of residence

 

date when person was wounded

 

place when person was wounded

 

municipality when person was wounded

 

date when person was disappeared

17.06.1944

place when person was disappeared

 

municipality when person was disappeared

Uusikirkko

date of death

17.06.1944

place of death

 

municipality of death

 

municipality of burial *

Juankoski

death class

disappeared, officially pronounced dead

* - 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 01.05.2004


Some additional information about Antti Hiltunen

The data was obtained from Finnish Military archive (Sota-Arkisto).

He started military service in 1942. His special trained gun was rapid-firing gun but he was a rifle man. He was in East-Karelien, Krivi, 2.10.1943 - 26.3.1944 and after that in delaying action in Karelian Isthmus. He was pronounced dead by court in 16.2.1948.

According the military basic card (sotilaskantakortti) Antti Hiltunen was in military conscription on 2.10.42 (class A I), entered his military service on 27.10.42 in 6./Jv. Koul. K 3 (6th company of 3rd Infantry Training Center), soldier's oath 6.12.42, was moved 27.2.43 to unit 3570 (3./Tayd. P 3) (3rd company of Replacement Battalion 3) in that 4.3.43-28.9.43, moved 2.10.43 to 7./3.Pr.

Thanks to Heikki Hakala for gathering and translating this information!


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