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Personal info

Full name
GAY, Donald Arthur
Date of birth
9 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11115095
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
Pachten, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 4 42

Immediate family

Members
Ephraim Gay (father)
Edna R. (Saunders) Gay (mother)
Warren H. Gay (brother)
Barbara E. Gay (sister)

More information

Pvt Donald A. Gay was employed as a miner at Fletcher's Quarry.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Boston, Massachusetts on 30 October 1942 and was sent overseas in February 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Massachusetts Birth Index / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Westford Veteran Services