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Personal info

Full name
MITCHELL, Donald Blanchard
Date of birth
27 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine
Hometown
Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31465126
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Guemar-Ostheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 21 1

Immediate family

Members
Clifford C. Mitchell (father)
Rosa A. (Timmons) Mitchell (mother)
Doris E. Mitchell (sister)
Lucretia B. Mitchell (sister)
Howard C. Mitchell (brother)
Arthur E. Mitchell (brother)
Elwood R. Mitchell (brother)

More information

Pfc Donald B. Mitchell attended Scarborough High School and was a farmhand before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 24 April 1944. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire to his thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, newspaper clipping