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Personal info

Full name
MCKINNEY, Donald Gilbert
Date of birth
26 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Albany, Linn County, Oregon
Hometown
Seattle, King County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39207233
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 May 1945
Place of death
Ehingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 28 37

Immediate family

Members
Ernest W. McKinney (father)
Sadie A. (Mason) McKinney (mother)
Kenneth E. McKinney (brother)
Helen M. McKinney (sister)
Roberta L. McKinney (sister)
Doris K. McKinney (sister)
Phillip S. McKinney (brother)
Richard L. McKinney (brother)

More information

Pfc Donald G. McKinney attended high school for four years and worked on the family farm before he enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 21 April 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

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 / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com

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