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Personal info

Full name
COOEY, Donald William
Date of birth
20 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35924862
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
21st Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 10 58

Immediate family

Members
Arthur J. Cooey (father)
Majorie H. (Mulheron) Cooey (mother)
John A. Cooey (brother)
Frank H. Cooey (brother)
Joseph T. Cooey (brother)
Mary L. (Ryan) Cooey (wife)
Catherine R. Cooey (daughter)

More information

Pvt Donald W. Cooey attended high school for four years and was employed at the Lincoln Electric Company before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 23 December 1943.

He died in a portable surgical evacuation, or T/O convalescent hospital to the effects of artillery shell fragments in his chest received on 23 December 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cooey Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.newspapers.com – The Evening Independent 31 January 1945, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery