Military Information: PFC, US MARINE CORPS, WORLD WAR II

Enlistment Date: 21 May 1943
Enlistment Branch: US MARINE CORPS
Discharge Date: 2 Feb 1946 (Honorable)

SOURCES: U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
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U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019
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Arthur Olaf Halonen
Address: 2331 S. Howell St. Apt. A
Milwaukee, WI.
Registration Date: 25 Feb 1946
Registration Place: Milwaukee, MI
Employer: None
Height: 5 ft. 10 1/2 in.
Weight: 160
Complexion: Light
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Gray
Next of Kin: Mrs. Leila Gaidash (sister, same address.)

SOURCE: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947

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FORT PIERCE - Arthur Olaf Halonen, 72, of Fort Pierce died Monday, June 29, 1998, in Columbia Lawnwood Regional Medical Center.

A native of Callaway Township, Minn., he lived in Fort Pierce for five years. He moved here from Mobile, Ala.

He was a painter.

He served in the Marine Corps.

He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8058, American Legion Post 40, and Amvets Post 15, all in Fort Pierce.

Survivors include two sons, John Glen and Steven Halonen, both of Michigan; two daughters, Kathleen Halonen of Bonita, Calif., and Carol Williams of Tulsa, Okla.; seven sisters, Barbara Dominiak and Leila Gaidosh, both of Milwaukee, Lillian Gidney of Cascade, Idaho, Joan Gradinjan of Lola, Wis., Sandra Koukari of Wisconsin, Helen Peterson of Waterford, Wis., and Dorothy Wernig of Fort Pierce; six brothers, Eugene Halonen of Sturdvent, Wis., Harry Halonen of Fort Myers, Lester Halonen of Tomahawk, Wis., Lionel Halonen of Delevan, Wis., Rudolph Halonen of Dalton, Ga., and Rueben Halonen of Arizona; a companion, Margie Switzer of Fort Pierce; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

A service was held Friday, July 3 at All County Funeral Home & Crematory Treasure Coast Chapel in Stuar
(Fort Pierce News (FL) - Friday, July 10, 1998)