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Personal info

Full name
FREELAND, David
Date of birth
22 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Clinton County, Ohio
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35881150
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 16 20

Immediate family

Members
William Freeland (father)
Zora Freeland (mother)
Clyde Freeland (brother)
Floyd Freeland (brother)
Rena Freeland (sister)
Dorothy Freeland (sister)
Ruby Freeland (sister)
Garnet Freeland (sister)
Ruth Freeland (sister)
Thelma D. (Perry) Freeland (wife)

More information

Pvt David Freeland attended high school for one year before he enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 6 December 1943.

He was sent overseas in December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Journal Herald 30 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Dayton Daily News - 6 October 1944