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Personal info

Full name
HARVEY, Donald A
Date of birth
4 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Escabana, Delta County, Michigan
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36973316
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Michel-sur-Meurthe - La Voivre, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 20 19

Immediate family

Members
Edward A. Harvey (father)
Ida A. Harvey (mother)
Lorna Harvey (sister)
Edward Harvey (brother)
Robert Harvey ( brother)
Harland Harvey (brother)
Myra Harvey (sister)
Nellie Harvey (sister)
Gladys Harvey (sister)
Gerald Harvey (brother)

More information

Pfc Donald A. Harvey attended the Vocational School in Milwaukee when he enlisted on 5
April 1943. He arrived overseas on 19 November 1944.

His squad had just cleared the town of La Voivre, France from the enemy. He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax and leg while digging a foxhole in the woods.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findgrave.com - Andy