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CORCORAN, Donald E - Date of
birth
13 September 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut -
Hometown
New Haven County, Connecticut
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31407949 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
4 November 1944 - Place of
death
Schmidt/Kommerscheid, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 4 | 55 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Joseph S. Corcoran (father)
Edith J. E. (Barber) Corcoran (mother)
Catherine Corcoran (sister)
More information
Donald Corcoran was killed by fragments of a mortar shell which landed near him.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.in-honored-glory.info/, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Smith Zappone, http://112th-infantry.blogspot.nl/2012/02/november-1944.html
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Jeff Hall