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Personal info

Full name
HACKMAN, Don Griffin
Date of birth
19 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Denver County, Colorado
Hometown
Denver County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
6291244
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 21

Immediate family

Members
Don Hackman (father)
Florence E. (Williams) Hackman (mother)
Doris Hackman (sister)

More information

Pfc Don G. Hackman was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy in action against enemy forces on 20 December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery