Navy Badge
  • Name: Woodrow John Latvala
  • Location of Birth: Great Falls, Montana
  • Date of Birth: April 10, 1917
  • Date of Death: August 7, 1973
  • Parents: John A. Latvala & Ida E. (Rumbeck) Latvala
  • High School and Class:
  • College:
  • Highest Rank: CM 2 (Carpenter's Mate Second Class)
  • Branch: Navy
  • Other Branch:
  • Date Sworn In: September 16, 1942
  • Place Sworn In:
  • Date of Discharge: April 18, 1945
  • Place of Discharge:
  • Military Awards:

  • Military Highlights:
    WW II Draft Registration Cards – 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947
    State: Minnesota
    Name: John Woodrow Latvala
    Race: White
    Age: 23
    Birth Date: April 10, 1917
    Birth Place: Great Falls, Montana, USA
    Residence Place: Nashwauk, Itasca, Minnesota, USA
    Registration Date: October 16, 1940
    Employer: None
    Weight: 155
    Height: 5-6
    Complexion: Light
    Eye Color: Hazel
    Hair Color: Blonde
    Next of Kin: Ida Latvala, mother, Nashwauk, Itasca, Minnesota

  • Wars Involved:
    World War II

  • MIA / POW:

  • Civilian Life:
    Woodrow Latvala was chief engineer for Hawley Coal Co. at Keystone. He was a member of Lilly Grove Baptist Church, Princeton, Virginia; the Bartow Masonic Lodge, Bartow, Florida; the Thomas Brown Chapter of R.A.M., Bartow; the Bartow Commandary No. 15 Knight Templar; a member of Beni Kedem Shrine Temple, Charleston; the White Shrine of Bluefield and the Order of Eastern Star at Princeton, Virginia; and the AIME, West Virginia State Board of Registered Engineers. He had resided in Princeton, Virginia at the time of his death, having moved two and on-half years ago from Socorro, New Mexico.

    Woodrow died in Mercer, West Virginia and is buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Oxford, Mississippi. He is survived by his wife, Estelle Houston Latvala; two sons, Woodrow J. Latvala, Jr., and Michael Latvala; seven sisters, Mrs. John Hudak, Mrs. Walter Anderson, Mrs. Joyce McDowell, Mrs. Leon Juaire, Mrs. Paul Edwards, Mrs. George Nelson, and Mrs. Edna Stricker; three brothers, Warren Latvala, Charles Latvala; and P.A. Latvala.

  • Tribal Affiliation(s):

Privacy Policy Cookie Policy