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Personal info

Full name
OSWALT, Donald "Don"
Date of birth
31 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland
Hometown
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
33258848
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Eudenbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 5 37

Immediate family

Members
Harry I. Oswalt (father)
Pearl B. Oswalt (mother)
Harry I. Oswalt Jr. (brother)
Thelma R. Oswalt (sister)
Doris Oswalt (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Donald Oswalt graduated from New Iberia High School with the class of 1934.

He enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 20 November 1942.

He trained at Camp Croft, South Carolina, where he became a staff sergeant in charge of the mess hall. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Daily News 5 April 1945 / Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.myheritage.nl - Altoona Mirror