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Personal info

Full name
SESSIONS, Donald Harry
Date of birth
8 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31467004
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
Stockheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 10 13

Immediate family

Members
Harry E. Sessions (father)
Eldora A. (Winter) Sessions (mother)
Evelyn V. Sessions (sister)
Barbara W. Sessions (sister)
Doris E. (Mack) Sessions (wife)

More information

Pfc Donald H. Sessions enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 11 May 1944.

He attended high school for 4 years and was a mechanic and repairman before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Santeusanio Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 28th Infantry Regiment

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet