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BRIGGS, Donald W - Date of
birth
1921 -
Age
unknown -
Place of birth
New York -
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
12002223 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
22 November 1944 - Place of
death
Metz, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Loid W. Briggs (father)
Georgiana (Scutt) Briggs (mother)
More information
Pvt Donald W. Briggs attended high school for four years before he joined the Regular Army in Rochester, New York on 25 July 1940. He was sent overseas in September 1944.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle 8 December 1944
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle 8 December 1944