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Personal info

Full name
DRIEVOLD, Donald Sanford
Date of birth
21 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Spring Grove, Houston County, Minnesota
Hometown
Hesper, Winneshiek County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37676911
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Dillingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 16 51

Immediate family

Members
Carl L. Drievold (father)
Gina C. (Sollien) Drievold (mother)
Shirley Drievold (sister)
Irene C. Drievold (sister)
Charlotte G. Drievold (sister)
Curtis Drievold (brother)

More information

Pfc Donald S. Drievold worked on a farm before he enlisted in Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 20 August 1943.

He is remembered at the Waterloo Ridge Cemetery in Dorchester, Allamakee County, Iowa.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Phillip Rauk Family Tree / Iowa WWII Bones Case Files, www.findagrave.com – Molly Webb Temple

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – S. Henderson, www.findagrave.com – Molly Webb Temple