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Personal info

Full name
NEWMAN, Douglas Louis
Date of birth
16 February 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11090159
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
825th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Stavelot, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 16 16

Immediate family

Members
Harold C. Newman (father)
Clarina (Basquette) Newman (mother)
Percy Newman (sister)
Gordon Newman (brother)
Edna Newman (sister)
Charles Newman (brother)

More information

Pfc Douglas L. Newman was a toolmaker.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 29 September 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, http://www.tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs/825th_AAR_Co_A_Dec_17_44-Jan_17_1945-3_pages.pdf, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Storiesbehindthestars.org