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Personal info

Full name
DURBIN, Donald Carl
Date of birth
20 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Knox County, Ohio
Hometown
Howard Twp, Knox County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35228522
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Selestat, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 13 2

Immediate family

Members
Judson C. Durbin (father)
Drusilla E. (Simpson) Durbin (mother)
Paul C. Durbin (brother)
Clarence J. Durbin (brother)
Helena A. Durbin (sister)
Hugh A. Durbin (brother)
Francis X. Durbin (brother)

Source of information: André Koch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1998 / 143rd-October-1944-to-end.pdf / https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight “Andy” Anderson