Waino Ylinen

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Name: Waino Ylinen
Location of Birth: Bovey, Minnesota
Date of Birth: April 12, 1911
Date of Death: March 5, 1984
Parents: Erland Ylinen & Hilma (Hakala) Ylinen
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Highest Rank: SGT (Sergeant)
Branch: Army
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Date Sworn In: May 4, 1942
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Date of Discharge: December 15, 1945
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WW II Draft Registration Cards – 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947
State: Minnesota
Name: Waino Ylinen
Race: White
Age: 29
Birth Date: April 12, 1911
Birth Place: Itasca, Minnesota, USA
Residence Place: Box 6, Blackberry, Itasca, Minnesota
Registration Date: October 16, 1940
Employer: Oliver Iron Mining Co., Coleraine, Itasca, Minnesota
Weight: 165
Height: 5-8
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Blonde
Next of Kin: Hilma Ylinen, mother, Box 6, Blackberry, Itasca, Minnesota

Wars Involved:
World War II

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Civilian Life:
Waino Ylinen worked as a millwright for Oliver Mining Company until World War II when he served in the U.S. Army in New Guinea and the southern Philippines. After the war he worked for U.S. Steel at the Universal Atlas Cement Company at Duluth where he was employed until retirement in 1973.

Waino died in Grand Rapids, Minnesota and is buried in the Trout Lake Community Cemetery, Bovey, Minnesota (Block 6, Lot 21). He is survived by his wife Lydia Cecelia (Jacobson) Ylinen; two daughters, Mrs. Steve (Carol) Knight and Mrs. Neal (Shirley) Johnson; a sister, Mrs. Lester (Helen) Olson; five brothers, Eino, Tim, Arthur, Toivo, and Neil; and two grandchildren.

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