Frans Ivan Ylinen
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Navy
YLINEN, Franz Ivan
Frans Ivan Ylinen was born on Mary 29th 1914 to Frank Arthur & Martha [Haarala] Ylinen in New York Mills, Minnesota.
The family moved to Duluth, Minnesota where he graduated from Duluth Central High School in 1932. Mr. Ylinen married Irene A. [Jensen] in June 1939 in Duluth and they started a family.
He worked for the Duluth Police Department. Then he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After the war he returned home to his family and the Police Department.
Mr. Ylinen died at age 93 on May 26th 2008, in Duluth, Minnesota. He is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Duluth.
Source(s): Duluth News Tribune, May 28, 2008.
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