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Personal info

Full name
BOLDUC, Donald Joseph
Date of birth
12 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31426525
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 30 59

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Bolduc (father)
Marie (Beaulieu) Bolduc (mother)
Rita Bolduc (sister)
Jeanne Bolduc (sister)
Armand Bolduc (brother)
Leo Bolduc (brother)

More information

Pfc Donald J. Bolduc attended Joseph Case High School for two years and was employed by the Massasoit Manufacturing Corporation before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 19 November 1943. He wa ssent in June 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.super6th.org, Daniel Sheehan Fall River Main Library - Fall River Herald News 29 November 1944
Photo source: Daniel Sheehan Fall River Main Library - Fall River Herald News 29 November 1944