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Personal info

Full name
SIGRIST, Donald Raymond
Date of birth
8 March 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33761201
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bennwihr-Kayersberg-Orbey-La Rudlin, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 16 4

Immediate family

Members
Frank Sigrist (father)
Esther (Lyman) Sigrist (mother)
Mary Sigrist (sister)
Dorothy Sigrist (sister)
Hilda Sigrist (sister)

More information

Sgt Donald R. Sigrist was a student before he enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 2 June 1943 and trained at Fort McClellan, Alabama.
On 25 October 1944 he was wounded by artillery shell fragments in the shoulder. He was discharged from the hospital in December.
On 26 December 1944 he was wounded again from an artillery shell blast.

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, Altoona Mirror - 19 October 1945