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Personal info

Full name
DONALDSON, John Baird
Date of birth
23 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Bellevue, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
New Castle County, Delaware

Military service

Service number
32755164
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Scout
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dortmund, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 7 9

Immediate family

Members
George C. Donaldson (father)
Florence M. (Hormuth) Donaldson (mother)
Jean Donaldson (sister)
Florence Donaldson (sister)

More information

Pfc Donaldson attended Conrad High School and Wilmington Academy of Arts and was employed in the engineering department of the DuPont Company

He enlisted in March 1943 and joined his unit on 15 December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 - 1940 census, http://75thdivisiondad.com/kia_roster.htm#2, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet