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Personal info

Full name
HALEY, Donald Joseph "Don"
Date of birth
2 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York

Military service

Service number
32841605
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schierke-Braunlage, Harz Mountains, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 11 7

Immediate family

Members
Michael W. Haley (father)
Mary Haley (mother)
Lawrence E. Haley (brother)
William Haley (brother)

More information

Pvt Donald J. Haley graduated from Salamanca High School in 1942.

He enlisted on 13 March 1942. He trained at Camp Blanding, Florida and Camp Robinson, Arkansas. He embarked for overseas from Fort Meade, Maryland in March 1943.

Pvt Haley took part in the D-day invasion of France.

One week before the war ended in Europe, Don was killed by a sniper.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.buffalonews.com/, www.history.army.mil, www.ibiblio.org, www.newspaperarchive.com - Slamanca Republican Press
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Laurence E. Haley (brother)