Lawrence J. Dahl

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Name: Lawrence J. Dahl
Location of Birth: Deer River, Minnesota
Date of Birth: January 30, 1912
Date of Death: September 19, 1989 (77 years old)
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Highest Rank: PFC (Private First Class)
Branch: Army
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Lawrence served in Alaska.

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World War II

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Lawrence was raised and attended schools in Deer River, Minnesota.

Lawrence worked for M. A. Hanna Mining Company from 1950 until he retired in 1976. He retired to Albuquerque, New Mexico and returned to Grand Rapids, Minnesota in 1982.

He was a member of American Legion Post 60 and Ponti-Peterson Veterans of Foreign Wars, both of Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

Lawrence was preceded in death by a son, Clayton Hanson. Surviving relatives include his wife, Mabel; sons Howard Hanson, William Dahl, Clifford Hanson, Donald Hanson, and Larry Dahl; daughter, Darlene Carpenter; sister, Helen Everson; brother, Carl Dahl; nineteen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren.

Buried in Itasca Calvary Cemetery at Grand Rapids, Minnesota. (Plot I-B-07-0-6)

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