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Erick Aalto
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Jyrki Juusela Biographical Sketch, Brigade Roster February 1938, Lincoln-Washington Battalion; K. E. Heikkinen, ed., Meidan Poikamme Espanjassa (Our Boys in Spain), Finnish Workers Federation, USA, Inc., 1939. translated by Matti A. Mattson.
Full Database Record
| Last Name | Aalto |
| First/Middle Name | Erick |
| Ethnicity | Finnish American |
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| Immigration Status | |
| Religion | |
| POW | |
| AKA Last Name 1 | |
| AKA First / Middle 1 | Erkki |
| AKA Last Name 2 | |
| AKA First / Middle 2 | |
| DOB | 1913 |
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| Foreign Nation | Finland |
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| Education HS | |
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| Graduate or Doctoral Work | |
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| Prior Military Service | |
| Passport # | |
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| Passport Reported Lost in Spain | |
| Passport Age | 34 |
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| PP or Known Address Street | |
| PP or Known Address City | Canterbury |
| PP or Known Address State | Connecticut |
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| Sail Date | |
| Ship | Champlain |
| Marital Status | |
| Marital Notes | |
| Vocation 1 | Seaman |
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| Arrival (in Spain) Date | |
| Units served with | XV BDE, Lincoln-Washington BN, attended MG school at Porzorubio, returned to Lincoln-Washington MG Co, Served at Teruel WIA by shrapnel in leg |
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| Returned Date | |
| Returned other | forced to return to Finland |
| WWII Service | Drafted into Finnish Army, able bodied seaman on ice-breaker Tarmo |
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