Wuotinen, Arthur Antti.

Biography

Wouotinen, Arthur Antti (Wuotinen; Wuotinen, Andrew Arthur); b. January 20, 1917, Copper City (Calumet), Michigan; Finnish American; Father Andrew Wuotinen; 8 years of school; No prior military service; Single; Blacksmith, Mechanic, and Driver; YCL 1932, CP 1937, Lumber and Saw Union Local 15, CIO; Received Passport# 492329 (2944) on January 10, 1938 which listed his address as Box 226, Cooper City, Michigan and Ironwood, Michigan; Arrived in Spain via Agullana on February 23, 1938; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln-Washington BN, Co. 1, American Section, stretcher bearer; Returned to the US on August 28, 1938 aboard the De Grasse; d. October 9, 2000, South Range, Houghton, Michigan, buried in Calvary Cemetery, Ahmeek, Michigan.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Figueres List; Finnish; RGASPI (also under Wostinen, Arthur) Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1016, ll. 19-23 (21 is an autobiographical sketch); MPE; L-W Tree Ancestry;Find-a-Grave#133171434 .  Code A