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Personal info

Full name
TROTTER, David Harrison
Date of birth
17 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Shanghai, China
Hometown
Saco, York County, Maine
Ethnicity
Chinese American

Military service

Service number
31218300
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vossenack-Kommerscheidt-Schmidt, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Thomas H. Trotter (father)
Kate M. (Crystler) Trotter (mother)
Evelyn M. Trotter (sister)

More information

Pvt David H. Trotter enlisted from Portland, Maine on 22 December 1942,

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com - Orville L. Kline, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 census / Consular Reports of Birth, www.newspaperarchive.com - Biddeford Daily Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspaperarchive.com - Biddeford Daily Journal