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Personal info

Full name
ROSS, Donald Arthur
Date of birth
12 October 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Hancock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Columbia County, New York

Military service

Service number
32858807
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 November 1944
Place of death
Near Schmidt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 33 33

Immediate family

Members
George Ross (father)
Mary (Reynolds) Ross (mother)
Robert Ross (brother)
Margaret Ross (sister)
Florence S. Ross (wife)

More information

Pfc Donald A. Ross was employed by the Middle-Atlantic Transportation Company.

He enlisted in Albany, New York on 18 May 1943 and was sent overseas in June 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten