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Personal info

Full name
BERRY, Don Stillman
Date of birth
24 September 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Lincoln Township, Adams County, Iowa
Hometown
Adams County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
17068037
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
Thionville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 5 11

Immediate family

Members
George W. Berry (father)
Lizzie (Frymire) Berry (mother)
Florence Berry (sister)
Grace Berry (sister)
Wilma Berry (sister)
Dotty Berry (sister)

More information

Pfc Don S. Berry attended Corning High School for 2 years but due to hs father's failing health he was unable to finish and started to work on the family farm.

After his parents passed away he volunteered for the U.S. Army at Fort Des Moines, Iowa on 10 July 1942.

He was part of an eight men boat crew that attempted to establish a bridgehaed across the Moselle river. Due to heavy enemy fire the entire crew was killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Twehous Tree / 1940 Census / Iowa, Births and Christenings Index, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php, Adams County Free Press 5 July 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Adams County Free Press 5 July 1945