ACCOUNTED FOR
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NAME Oscar Eli Koskela |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 387915 |
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| UNIT HQ Company First Battalion 29th Marines Radio Repairman |
HOME OF RECORD 8167 Ellsworth Avenue Detroit, MI |
NEXT OF KIN Parents, Eli & Grace Koskela |
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| DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1921 at Detroit, MI |
ENTERED SERVICE April 17, 1942 at Detroit, MI |
DATE OF LOSS June 18, 1944 |
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| REGION Mariana Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Saipan |
CASUALTY TYPE Died Of Wounds |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Corporal Oscar E. Koskela served with the comms section of HQ Company 1/29th Marines, during the invasion of Saipan. He was wounded during landing operations on 15 June 1944, and although speedily evacuated to the hospital ship Solace, ultimately died of his wounds. His body was brought ashore and buried on Saipan. After the war, Koskela’s remains were interred in Manila American Cemetery as an unknown. He was finally exhumed, identified, and accounted for on 8 June 2017. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Corporal |
STATUS OF REMAINS Accounted For DPAA Announcement |
MEMORIALS Honolulu Memorial |
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