Kaasinen, Wilho Alexander

Rank and Name, Radioman Second Class Wilho Alexander Kaasinen.

Unit/Placed in, USS PT-311 (Motor Torpedo Boat), United States Naval Reserve.

Wilho is born approx. on 10 July 1922 in Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Father, John Kaasinen.

Mother, Silja E. Kaasinen.

Parents born in Finland.

Brother(s), Raslo and Frank Kaasinen.

Wilho enlisted the service in Massachusetts with service number # 2039254.

Wilho was KIA when the Motor Torpedo Boat PT 311 was mined and sunk south-south-west of La Spezia, Italy on November 18 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.

Wilho is buried/mentioned at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/10623.html

http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05311.htm

https://navy.togetherweserved.com/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=732759

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.