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Personal info

Full name
DONEAU, Francis J
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Gladstone, Michigan
Hometown
Delta County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16020309
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 January 1945
Place of death
Near Diedenberg, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 15 46

Immediate family

Members
Louis W. Doneau (father)
Nora H. (Laraby) Doneau (mother)
Joseph L. Doneau (brother)
Julia Doneau (sister)
Margaret Doneau (sister)
Marjorie Doneau (sister)
Ernest Doneau (brother)
James Doneau (brother)
Robert Michaud (halfbrother)

More information

Francis Doneau worked for the Daily Press.

He joined the Regular Army in Wausau, Wisconsin on 8 August 1940 and was sent to the Panama Canal Zone where he served for three years. He returned to the States in July 1944 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: Tjarco Schuurman, www.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, WW2 Airborne, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, https://newspaperarchive.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten