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Personal info

Full name
EYRE, Donald Frederick
Date of birth
20 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
O1058994
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Fort Driant, Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 109

Immediate family

Members
Frederick Eyre (father)
Clara C. (Falink) Eyre (mother)
Frederick Eyre (brother)
Elva Eyre (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Donald F Eyre graduated from Washburn High School in Minneapolis. and the University of Minnesota.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Minnesota Birth Index / Washburn High School Yearbook, www.newspapers.com - The Minneapolis Star

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Washburn Yearbook 1938 - 1946