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Personal info

Full name
HIPPLE, Donald Edgar
Date of birth
1 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Ortonville, Big Stone County, Minnesota
Hometown
Morris, Stevens County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37591305
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 November 1944
Place of death
Koecking Woods, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 96

Immediate family

Members
Ralph E. Hipple (father)
Marguerite F. (Dodds) Hipple (mother)
Harold L. Hipple (brother)
Kenneth B. Hipple (brother)

More information

Pvt Donald E. Hipple attended the West Central School of Agriculture before he enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 25 February 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.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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