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Personal info

Full name
DOUGLASS, Donald Ralph
Date of birth
29 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
18221076
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Tenneville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 6 21

Immediate family

Members
Ralph W. Douglass (father)
Miriam (Hunsche) Douglass (mother)

More information

Pvt Donald R. Douglass attended Albuquerque High School before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Santa Fe, New Mexico on 28 June 1943.

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.com - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / My Family Tree / New Mexico WWII Records, www.87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Jon Strupp