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Personal info

Full name
TROUT, David Paul Jr
Date of birth
20 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33235467
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pompey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 24 42

Immediate family

Members
David M. Trout (father)
Florence M. (Kashner) Trout (mother)
Hellen B. Trout (sister)
Robert D. Trout (brother)
Elizabeth A. Trout (sister)
William G. Trout (brother)
Herman T. Trout (brother)
Monroe Trout (brother)
Charles Trout (brother)
Arthur Trout (brother)
Theodore Trout (brother)
Pauline Trout (sister)
Chester Trout (brother)
Martha M. (Elicker) Trout (wife)

More information

Sgt David P. Trout attended William Penn High School and was employed at the Pennsylvania Railroad.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 21 July 1942 and was sent overseas in June 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / JCB Trout Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Harrisburg Telegraph - 2 October 1944, Harrisburg Telegraph - 25 September 1944