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Personal info

Full name
BAIR, Donald Ellsworth
Date of birth
3 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Lapeer, Lapeer County, Michigan
Hometown
Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36522533
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 February 1945
Place of death
Uttfeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 4 7

Immediate family

Members
William E. Bair (father)
Kathleen L. (Baird) Bair (mother)

More information

Pfc Donald E. Bair graduated from Arthur Hill High School in 1940.

He was inducted in to the Army in August, 1942 and sent overseas in November, 1944.

Pfc Bair is remembered at the Elm Lawn Cemetery in Bay City, Bay County, Michigan.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Noble Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Jeff Hall / Heather Passariello, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Jeff Hall