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Personal info

Full name
RASMUSSEN, Donald William
Date of birth
15 December 1912
Age
31
Place of birth
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
39343173
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
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 – Denipaire, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 3 66

Immediate family

Members
Thomas E. Origer (father)
Kathryn I. Cotton (mother)
Marjorie M. (Borgeson) Rasmussen (wife)
Arthur W. Rasmussen (son)
Joan M. Rasmussen (daughter)

More information

Pvt Donald W. Rasmussen attended college for two years and was employed by the D.M & M. Railway Co.

He enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 4 January 1944.

He was killed by wounds at the thorax caused by a landmine explosion.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Fred Stewart