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Personal info

Full name
ADDISON, Donald Edward
Date of birth
14 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Toms Creek, Wise County, Virginia
Hometown
McDowell County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35768898
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Salm River area, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 1 29

Immediate family

Members
Beecher Addison (father)
Sue E. addison (mother)
Virginia D. Addison (sister)
Phillis R. Addison (brother)
Carl V. Addison (brother)
Thelma (Dillon) Addison (wife)

More information

Pvt Donald E. Addison was a miner.

He enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 22 June 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, National WWII Memorial, National Archives, www.wvculture.org - Pat McClure, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.wvculture.org, Frieda Patrick Davison