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Personal info

Full name
PECK, Donald Vernon
Date of birth
3 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio
Hometown
Mason County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35071354
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 12 19

Immediate family

Members
Earl V. Peck (father)
Edna C. (Wood) Peck (mother)
Alma J. (Henry) Peck (wife)
John W. Peck (son)
Jimmie R. Peck (son)
Sharon A. Peck (daughter)
Jerry D. Peck (son)

More information

Pfc Donald V. Peck enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 7 March 1944.

He worked as a telephone operator for a taxi company and had completed 2 years of high school.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / West Virginia Memory Project / Theodore G. Wood Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Andrea Hinds