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TEMPLETON, Donald James - Date of
birth
12 March 1926 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Cook County, Illinois -
Hometown
Lake County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36992255 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
7 April 1945 - Place of
death
unknown
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Francis H. Templeton (father)
Theodore (MacFarlane) Templeton (mother)
Francis D. Templeton (brother)
Anne Templeton (sister)
Barbra Templeton (wife)
Donald J. Templeton Jr. (son)
Source of information: Cor van den Burg, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, Chicago Tribune - 30 September 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Highland Park Public Library and the Highland Park Historical Society