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Personal info

Full name
CHILDERS, Donald Arthur
Date of birth
22 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Ruskin, Nuckolls County, Nebraska
Hometown
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39546212
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
333rd Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 10 48

Immediate family

Members
James H. Childers (father)
Clista V. (Mickelson) Childers (mother)
Keith H. Childers (brother)
Dale O. Childers (brother)
Max L. Childers (brother)
Glen E. Childers (brother)
Grace E. Childers (sister)
Charlie P. Childers (brother)

More information

Enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 28 November 1942. He was married 18 March 1943.

Source of information: Dennis and Gerda Hermsen, Ralph Peeters, WWIIMemorial.com, NARA, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten