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Personal info

Full name
MAC PHERSON, Donald Chester
Date of birth
5 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Providence City, Rhode Island
Hometown
Washington, District of Columbia

Military service

Service number
33750290
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 March 1945
Place of death
Near Saarlouis, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 3 2

Immediate family

Members
Duncan Mac Pherson (father)
Margaret (Gordon) Mac Pherson (mother)
Sarah L. Mac Pherson (wife)

More information

Pfc Donald C. Mac Pherson was employed at the S And H Garage before he enlisted at Fort Myer, Virginia on 9 November 1943.

He died in a field hospital to the effects of artillery shell fragments to his spleen.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten