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Personal info

Full name
REIFSCHNEIDER, Donald
Date of birth
1 August 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa
Hometown
Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37490340
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
Sector Bütgenbacher Heck - Dom Bütgenbach, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 4 7

Immediate family

Members
Gottlieb Reifschneider (father)
Marie (Nazarenne) Reifschneider (mother)
Amalia Reifschneider (sister)
Katherine E. Reifschneider (sister)
Alexander Reifschneider (brother)
Gottlieb Reifschneider (brother)
Ferdinand Reifschneider (brother)
Jacob Reifschneider (brother)
Marie Reifschneider (sister)
Olinda Reifschneider (sister)
Rosina Reifschneider (sister)
Gilbert Reifschneider (brother)
Charlotte Reifschneider (wife)

More information

Pvt Donald Reifschneider was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle Block TT, Row 3, Grave 48.

His parents were born in Russia.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet