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Personal info

Full name
PALTRIDGE, Donald Lrdyrt
Date of birth
5 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Modena, Ulster County, New York

Military service

Service number
12185267
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
Harz Mountains, East of Osterode am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 7 12

Immediate family

Members
Freston J. Paltridge (father)
Adrienne L. (Wager) Paltridge (mother)
Phyllis Paltridge (sister)
Edith (Bernard) Paltridge (sister)
Gloria (Harris) Paltridge (sister)
Kenneth A. Paltridge (brother)
Byron F. Paltridge (brother)
Emma R. (Henderson) Paltridge (wife)
Linda Paltridge (daughter)
Donna Paltridge (daughter)

More information

Sergeant Paltridge was graduated from radio school in Washington, and trained with the Army Air Force at Drew Field, Fla. He joined the Army voluntarily in New York City, New York on 12 November 1942. He worked in a machine shop before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.newspapers.com - The Newsburgh News, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Family Tree, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Record, www.ibiblio.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Newsburgh News