Minnesota Discovery Center

Lauri Elias Porspakka, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Private
serial number:37288616
location:Rank: Private 1st class, Company A, 714th Railway Operation Battalion, Transportation Corps.
enlistment date:July 8, 1942
place enlisted:
discharge date:Nov. 8, 1945
place discharged:
decorations:
history:
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project (2004?), p. 255. (2)Embarrass Victory Aides Newsletter Collection. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:Feb. 11, 1912
birth place:Alajärvi, FI
home town:Embarrass, MN
date of death:May 20, 1953
father:John Porspakka
mother:Wilhelmina Porspakka (nee Hori)
siblings:Mayme M. Wilho J. Eino E .
school:None

Last update: 9/19/2016