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Personal info

Full name
KEESLING, Donald Daniel
Date of birth
16 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Virginia
Hometown
Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33847249
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 October 1944
Place of death
Bardenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 4 29

Immediate family

Members
J. E. Keesling (father)
Molly D. Keesling (mother)
Edgar Keesling (brother)
Cecil Keesling (brother)
Virginia Keesling (sister)
Dorothy Keesling (sister)

More information

Pvt Donald D. Keesling attended Jefferson High School.

He enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 22 March 1944.

He is remembered on the family grave stone at Evergreen Burial Park, Roanoke, Virginia.

His brothers Edgar and Cecil were also in the armed forces.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.oldhickory30th.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The World News - 6 November 1944