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Personal info

Full name
DU BORD, Donat Joseph
Date of birth
16 March 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Horace, Cass County, North Dakota
Hometown
Horace, Cass County, North Dakota
Religion
Catholic

Military service

Service number
37597753
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
Hanau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 9 51

Immediate family

Members
Arthur Du Bord (father)
Lumina Du Bord (mother)
Armand H. Du Bord (brother)
Daniel O. Du Bord (brother)
Antoinette J. Du Bord (sister)
Paul L. Du Bord (brother)
Ernest Du Bord (brother)

More information

Pvt Donat J. Du Bord graduated from St. Benedict Academy was an electrician before he enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 27 June 1944. He was sent overseas on 17 January 1945.

His brother Paul served in the South Pacific.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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 / Rodgers Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Shane O, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Marshall and Mary McIntyre, www.ancestry.com - ckksbroom, The Fargo Forum Daily Republican and Moorhead Daily News - 10 April 1945