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Personal info

Full name
KUMM, Donald Crosley
Date of birth
13 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Powell, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Alleghany County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
6576979
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 12 76

Immediate family

Members
Harry H. Kumm (father)
Verna L (Crossley) Kumm (mother)
Beulah C. Kumm (sister)
George R. Kumm (brother)
Sarah A. (Kern) Kumm (wife)
Ronald Kumm (son)

More information

Pvt Donald C. Kumm joined the Regular Army on 11 July 1939, landed in Africa in December 1942, served through the African-Tunesian campaign, the invasion of Sicily, Italy. He was moved to northern Italy and then to southern France.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

His brother, 2nd Lt George R. Kumm, is buried on the American Military Cemetery Ardennes, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Virginia Marriage Records / 1930 Census / Ward Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Roanoke Times 18 March 1945