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Personal info

Full name
ROUTH, Donald Wesley
Date of birth
23 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Randall, Hamilton County, Iowa
Hometown
Story County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37665762
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
291st Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 February 1945
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 14 4

Immediate family

Members
Arlie L. Routh (father)
Ella (Kristenson) Routh (mother)
Leonard Routh (brother)
Earnest Routh (brother)
Beulah Routh (sister)

More information

Pvt Donald W. Routh graduated from Ames High School in 1942 and attended Iowa State Teachers College.

He enlisted in Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 17 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://75thdivisiondad.com, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Ames High School, 1941