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Personal info

Full name
DONOVAN, Timothy Joseph
Date of birth
19 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31421525
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
38th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
Mühlberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Timothy Donovan (father)
Maude A. (Wright) Donovan (mother)
Edward Donovan (brother)
Dorothy Donovan (sister)
Anna Donovan (sister)
Mary Donovan (sister)
Thomas Donovan (brother)
David Donovan (brother)
Theodore Donovan (brother)

More information

Pvt Timothy J. Donovan's was taken prisoner in Sankt Vith, Belgium on 21 December 1944.

He died of diphtheria in Stalag IV-B.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, wwww.7tharmddiv.org, WWII Draft Card, 1930 US Census

Photo source: Jac Engels, The Boston Globe - 28 September 1945