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Personal info

Full name
DELLAGE, Donald Lewis
Date of birth
22 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Marcola, Lane County, Oregon
Hometown
Eugene, Lane County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39345324
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 20 6

Immediate family

Members
John M. Dellage (father)
Norma F. (Stanfield) Dellage (mother)
Richard A. Dellage (brother)
Melroy Dellage (brother)

More information

Pvt Donald L. Dellage graduated from Eugene High School in 1939. He worked for the Perlich grocery in Eugene and later worked for the Boeing Aircraft corporation for three years.

He enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 15 July 1944 and was sent overseas early in January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Family Tree / The Eugene Guard (Eugene, Oregon)

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Eugene Guard