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Private Hannes Edvin Kokkarinen. A farm worker from Nilsiä. Born 20.11.1920 (Muuruvesi), died 14.11.1941 (Gonginichi). He was my great uncle. He fell six days before his twenty-first birthday, fighting in World War II.   Hannes’ service card tells me that he first served as a conscripted infantryman before being promoted to private. He was in the 9th Infantry Regiment, 1st Platoon and 2nd Battalion (2/I/JR9) and killed while fighting the Red Army in Gonginichi. On an old map

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