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Personal info

Full name
DRISKILL, Donald R B
Date of birth
16 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska
Hometown
Jackson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37240057
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Longchamps, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 7 5

Immediate family

Members
Homer E. Driskill (father)
Emma M. (Walters) Driskill (mother)
Charles R. Woodard (half-brother)

More information

On 3 January 1945 the 2nd Battalion was engaged in heavy fighting around Longchamps, Belgium.

Pfc Donald R. B. Driskill was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

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, Kansas City Star - 13 February 1945