Herbert "Herb" Lepisto

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Name: Herbert "Herb" Lepisto
Location of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date of Birth: February 25, 1916
Date of Death: January 27, 1972
Parents: Andrew Lepisto & Mary (Rauman) Lepisto
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Highest Rank: Pvt (Private)
Branch: Army
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Date Sworn In: March 23, 1945
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Date of Discharge: July 11, 1946
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Military Highlights:
WW II Draft Registration Cards – 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947
State: Minnesota
Name: Herbert Lepisto
Race: W
Age: 24
Birth Date: February 25, 1916
Birth Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Residence Place: Calumet, Itasca, Minnesota, USA
Registration Date: October 16, 1940
Employer: Interstate Iron Co., Hill Annex Mine, Calumet, Itasca, Minnesota
Weight: 130
Height: 5-4
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Other Characteristic: Small brown birth mark on left eye lid
Next of Kin: Mrs. John Korpi, sister, Calumet, Itasca, Minnesota

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World War II

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Civilian Life:
Herb Lepisto had been a Bovey resident since 1921. He attended schools at Marble and Coleraine and was a graduate of Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis. He married Loretta Mickelson in Minnesota in 1940. He was employed by the J & L Mining Co. as a welder at the Hill Annex mine in Calumet for 35 years and was a member of the Steel Workers Local No. 1437. He was a member of the Grand Rapids Disabled Veterans, Itasca Chapter 13.

Herb died in Grand Rapids, Minnesota and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Coleraine, Minnesota (Block 62). He is survived by his wife, Loretta; a daughter, Judy (Thomas) Miller; a son, Tim; three sisters, Martha Korpi, Marie (William) Ranger, and Linda (Hubert) Kuluvar; and three grandchildren.

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