Henry E. Engebretson

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  • Name: Henry E. Engebretson
  • Location of Birth: Cass County, Minnesota
  • Date of Birth: October 5, 1916
  • Date of Death: February 2, 1983 (66 years old)
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  • Highest Rank: TSGT (Technical Sergeant)
  • Branch: Army
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    World War II

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    Henry was raised in the Boy River, Minnesota area.

    He worked for United States Steel for twenty-one years and retired in 1970.

    Henry was a member of Eagles Aerie 2469 and the American Legion McVeigh-Dunn Post 60 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

    He was preceded in death by his wife, Luella, who died in 1967.

    Henry is survived by four sons; Dennis, Ray, James, and Dale; a brother, George; four sisters, Jean Dettmann, Dorothy Nelson, Edith Lund, and Agnes Olson; and four grandchildren.

    Henry is buried in Itasca Calvary Cemetery at Grand Rapids, Minnesota. (Plot I-C-45-1-2)

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