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SKOGLUND, Donald Irving - Date of
birth
26 May 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Hennepin County, Minnesota -
Hometown
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
17109718 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
unknown -
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
21 December 1944 - Place of
death
Near Bastogne, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 16 | 61 |
Immediate family
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Members
Gustav Skoglund (father)
Eliza E. (Collins) Skoglund (mother)
Thelma Skoglund (sister)
Clarence Skoglund (brother)
Mary Skoglund (sister)
Arnold L. Skoglund (brother)
More information
Cpl Donald I. Skoglund graduated from South High SchoolHe volunteered for the U.S. Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 29 September 1942.
He was one of three Donald Skoglunds of Minnesota in the same division. A second Skoglund, Donald L., 19, brother of Merlyn W. Skoglund also was killed Dec. 21, and Donald G. Skoglund of Osakis had been reported a prisoner of war in Germany.
In a letter to his mother, a war worker at Twin Cities ordnance plant, Cpl Donald I. Skoglund told of the confusion the three Skoglunds caused the division mailcaller. He said they often received each other's mail.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Birth Index, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - The Minneapolis Star
Photo source: Peter Schouteten