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Personal info

Full name
DOUDT, Donald Kenneth
Date of birth
27 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Sturgis, St Joseph County, Michigan
Hometown
Bronson, Branch County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36971388
Rank
Private
Function
Assistant Light Machine Gunner
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
Near Albestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 22 59

Immediate family

Members
Vernon Doudt (father)
Emma C. (Sandkuhler) Doudt (mother)
Henry H. Doudt (brother)

More information

Pvt Donald K. Doudt was employed at the Douglas Manufacture Company at Bronson, Michigan before he enlisted on 21 April 1944. He was sent overseas on 27 October 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kreh Luman Doudt Mowery Tree, www.findagrave.com - Calling-All-Angels, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Kris Martin