Leo Otto Laitinen

Leo Otto Laitinen entered the Navy on March 27, 1944, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

He served as a Seaman 1st Class in the Pacific Theater.

He was killed in action on August 14, 1945.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 164.

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