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Personal info

Full name
MC CONNELL, Donald Woodland
Date of birth
13 November 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Medicine Hat, Canada
Hometown
King County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39477781
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
Holzheim-Neuss, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 5 8

Immediate family

Members
Oscar F. Mc Connell (father)
Mary M. (Stine) Mc Connell (mother)
Delwin E. Mc Connell (brother)
Louise O. Mc Connell (sister)
Allene Mc Connell (sister)
Ethel L. Mc Connell (sister)
Margaret E. (Guy) Mc Connell (wife)
Nancy Mc Connell (daughter)

More information

Pvt Donald W. Mc Connell enlisted at Fort Lewis, Washington on 13 June 1944.

He was allowed to take his guitar and sang and played for the troops.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com - Nancy Pannell, WWII Draft Cards, 1920 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet