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Personal info

Full name
SHUMWAY, Don L
Date of birth
12 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona
Hometown
Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
39580359
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
Mondorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 11 16

Immediate family

Members
Elijah G. Shumway (father)
Sarah E. (Willis) Shumway (mother)
Bessie Shumway (sister)
Marjorie Shumway (sister)
Gene E. Shumway (brother)
Douglas G. Shumway (brother)

More information

Pvt Don L. Shumway graduated from Mesa Union High School and attended Phoenix Business College and for several months was employed by the Border Patrol in Tucson.

He enlisted at Fort MacArthur, California on 30 March 1944 and was sent overseas November 1944.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, Erwin Derhaag, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Gene Shumway Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – Denny Shumway, Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona)

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