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Personal info

Full name
DURBIN, Daniel Fer
Date of birth
15 August 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Concordia, Meade County, Kentucky
Hometown
Hatfield, Spencer County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35490552
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 November 1944
Place of death
Near Pévange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 43 31

Immediate family

Members
Andrew J. Durbin (father)
Clarissa (Snyder) Durbin (mother)
William A. Durbin (brother)
John A. Durbin (brother)
Mary L. Durbin (sister)
Claude L. Durbin (brother)
Robert Durbin (brother)
Dollie Durbin (sister)
Arthur Durbin (brother)
Anna C. Durbin (sister)

More information

Pfc Daniel F. Durbin was a mechanic and repairman before he enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 21 August 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

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.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / McEvoy Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman

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