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Personal info

Full name
MARKELL, Donald Nelson
Date of birth
11 March 1911
Age
34
Place of birth
Farran's Point, Stormont County, Ontario, Canada
Hometown
Webster, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
42095479
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 2 19

Immediate family

Members
Mervin Markell (father)
Edith I. (Sheets) Markell (mother)
Percy J. Markell (brother)

More information

Donald Nelson's family immigrated from Canada in September 1914

Pvt Markell was graduated from Webster High School and was employed at Gleason Works.

He had been overseas since December 1944.

It is not known on which date he was reported wounded in action and where he died.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Gray Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle