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Usually also those who die after the war are counted in its casualties, if they died of injuries suffered in the war. As most towns and villages in Finland, my
by ptaipale 8y ago
Usually also those who die after the war are counted in its casualties, if they died of injuries suffered in the war.
As most towns and villages in Finland, my home town's parish has a "Pro patria" stone tablet at the premises. Naturally most of the men died during 1939-1945, but there's one name who deceased in 1957.
The story is simply that when the tablet was set up in 1980's, his fellow veterans (my father included), who knew his death was due to injuries from war even if it was 13 years after being wounded, decided "Svante deserves to have his name among the fallen" and listed him along.