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Lauri Törni
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Finnish military officer in the Finnish Army, Waffen-SS, and U.S. Army (1919-1965)
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Lauri Törni (1919–1965) was a Finnish-American military officer who served in the Finnish Army, Waffen-SS, and United States Army. Born in Vyborg, he began his service in 1938 and participated in the Winter War, Continuation War, World War II, and the Vietnam War. He held the rank of major and was a member of the United States Army Special Forces and the White Guard.
Törni received the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star Medal, and Air Medal. He was convicted of treason and classified as killed in action and wounded in action. He died in an aircraft crash in Phước Sơn in 1965. His body was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Vyborg
- Place of death
- Phước Sơn
- Occupation
- military officer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Finnish
- Conflict
- Continuation War
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Military rank
- major
- Image
- Larry Thorne.jpg
- Work location
- Seinäjoki
- Convicted of
- treason
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- Commons category
- Lauri Törni
- date of birth
- 1919-05-28
- date of death
- 1965-10-18
- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
- manner of death
- accidental death
- cause of death
- aircraft crash
- member of
- White Guard
- name in native language
- Lauri Allan Törni
- military casualty classification
- wounded in action
- start of work period
- 1938-00-00
- end of work period
- 1965-00-00
- allegiance
- German Empire
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