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Personal info

Full name
MC QUISTAN, Donald
Date of birth
12 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Hometown
Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35562668
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 14 35

Immediate family

Members
Alistair C. Mc Quistan (father)
Jean B. Mc Quistan (mother)
May G. Mc Quistan (sister)
Richmond Mc Quistan (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Donald Mc Quistan enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 14 October 1942 and was sent overseas in March 1944.

He was reported as being a non battle casualty due to exhaustion on 11 July 1944 and after spending five months in a hospital in England, he returned to his unit on 15 December.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org - After Action Report, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis Star

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet