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Personal info

Full name
HALL, David Austin
Date of birth
12 January 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
Hometown
South Bend, Marshall County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35143324
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Marmomosse, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 22 4

Immediate family

Members
Harold C. Hall (father)
Olive L. (Austin) Hall (mother)
Betty L. Hall (sister)

More information

Pvt David A. Hall graduated from Plymouth High School.

He enlisted on 5 May 1943 in Indianapolis, Indiana and was sent to North Africa in October 1943.

He was wounded in action on 21 January 1944 at the Rapido river battle in Italy for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal for the first time.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / 141aar-October-November-1944.pdf, https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight "Andy" Anderson, www.newspapers.com - The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Indiana) 30 March 1944