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Personal info

Full name
DONALDSON, Edward Chase
Date of birth
19 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Montgomery County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33904641
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 6 10

Immediate family

Members
Chase Donaldson (father)
Katherine (Kemp) Donaldson (mother)
Anne K. Donaldson (sister)
James K. Donaldson (brother)

More information

Sgt Edward C. Donaldson enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 11 February 1944. He was selected for the A.S.T.P. program and sent to Harvard University, where he qualified for the foreign language section. When the program was abandoned, he was transferred to the Infantry. He was sent overseas in November 1944 and joined his unit as a replacement on 10 January 1945.

He was killed in action while leading his squad in an attack on an enemy machine gun position.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Family Tree / New York Birth Index / U.S. Draft Cards for Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Ronald O´Rourke / U.S. School Yearbook