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Personal info

Full name
GEIGER, Donald James
Date of birth
22 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36470088
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
38th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 March 1945
Place of death
Kirchain, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 16 10

Immediate family

Members
Otto C. Geiger (father)
Martha H. Geiger (mother)
Anita E. Geiger (sister)
Paul C. Geiger (brother)
Virginia M. Geiger (sister)
Dolores E. Geiger (sister)
Gloria A. Geiger (sister)
Franklin O. Geiger (brother)

More information

Donald Geiger graduated from Ford Trade School and worked for the American Engineering & Cutter Co.

He enlisted in July 1944 and was sent overseas in January 1945.

He was killed by shrapnel in the chest.

His brother Paul also served.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Henry Ford Trade School Yearbook 1937, The Detroit News - 30 April 1945