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Personal info

Full name
OVERBY, Donald Sylvester
Date of birth
20 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Kasota, Le Sueur County, Minnesota
Hometown
Tillamook County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39329578
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
unknown
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 27 15

Immediate family

Members
Christian K. Overby (father)
Isabel A. (Miles) Overby (mother)
Clyde Timme (stepfather)
David Timme (stepbrother)
Carl C. Overby (brother)
Margel J. Overby (sister)
Jean Overby (sister)

More information

Sgt Donald S. Overby worked in a sawmill.

He enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 17 March 1943.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com - ABMC Cemeteries, www.findagrave.com - CWGC/ABMC, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Wessling Family Tree / Jeanette Kay Jacobson Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Miles-Stavenau Family, Family collection - courtesy of Peter J. Ballerstedt