Hjalmer Leonard Lindgren

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Name: Hjalmer Leonard Lindgren
Location of Birth: Battle Lake, Minnesota
Date of Birth: September 27, 1889
Date of Death: July 31, 1971
Parents: Olaf Lindgren & Christina (Larson) Lindgren
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Highest Rank: CPL (Corporal)
Branch: Army
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World War I Registration Card
Name: Hjalmer Leonard Lindgren
Age: 27
Home address: Battle Lake, Minnesota
Date of birth: September 27, 1889
Citizenship: Natural born
Place of birth: Battle Lake, Minnesota, USA
If not a citizen, what country: -----
Present occupation: Proprieter feed mill, local manager Farmers Equity & Shipping Association
By whom employed: Farmers Equity
Where employed: Battle Lake, Minnesota
Dependents to support: No
Marital status: Single
Race: Caucasian
Prior military service: No
Claim exception from draft: No
Tall, medium, or short: Medium
Slender, medium or stout: Stout
Color of eyes: Blue
Color of hair: Brown
Bald: No
Disability: Sprained wrist
Date of registration: June 5, 1917
Place of registration: Battle Lake, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

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World War I

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Hjalmer Lindgren married Anna Barhaug in Minnesota in 1917. He was a member of the American Legion and was an honorary member of the Coleraine Civic Club.

Hjalmer died at his home in Coleraine and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Coleraine, Minnesota (Block 7). He is survived by his wife, Anna; two sons, Leonard and Howard; three daughters, Mrs. H. W. Johanson, Mrs. Pete Florek, and Mrs. Wesley Brown; a brother, Phillip Lindgren; and nine grandchildren.

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