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Personal info

Full name
GILL, Donald Deal
Date of birth
1 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Hometown
Sedgwick County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
O-530005
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
20 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Arthur W. Gill (father)
Alpha Gill (mother)
Miona R. Gill (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Donald D. Gill enlisted in Lawrence, Kansas on 2 June 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A grateful Dutchmen, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Perla Olivas, Wichita North High School Librarian & Sherrie Smith, (DAR), Hays, KS