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Personal info

Full name
COE, Donald Walter
Date of birth
1 July 1906
Age
39
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35098763
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
2 July 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 29 63

Immediate family

Members
Eugene H. Coe (father)
Martha (Nelson) Coe (mother)
Janet G. Coe (sister)
Jean E. Coe (sister)
Mary K. (Huston) Coe (wife)
Sharon Coe (daughter)

More information

T/5 Donald W. Coe enlisted in Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 22 March 1943.

He attended high school for 3 years and was a saleman, to consumers before he enlisted. T/5 Coe died of a head wound after mishandling of a firearm.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Segraves Ruhnke Russell Niesler Family Tree, 1910 US Census, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy