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HOWE, Donn Strauss - Date of
birth
12 April 1916 -
Age
28 - Place of
birth
Miles City, Custer County, Montana -
Hometown
Gallatin County, Montana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39382554 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
5 October 1944 - Place of
death
Opheusden, The Netherlands
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 19 | 24 |
Immediate family
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Members
Edward H. Howe (father)
Clara (Strauss) Howe (mother)
Charlotte Howe (sister)
Mary A. Howe (sister)
More information
Pvt Howe graduated from Miles City High School. He attended Billings Polytechnic Institute, the University of Washington and several engineering schools.He enlised in November 1941 and trained at Camp Roberts, California and in Seattle, Washington. He then was transferred to Alaska. After several months, he was transferred to Fort Lewis and from there to Fort Benning to begin paratrooper training.
He went overseas in June 1944, arriving in England on 1 July 1944.
He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek near Nijmegen in the Netherlands.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, Montana, Birth Records, 1897-1919; United States Census, 1930, 1940
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Billings Gazette (Billings, Montana) 19 November 1944