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Personal info

Full name
AUSMUS, Donald F
Date of birth
7 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Marshall County, Kansas
Hometown
Oketo, Marshall County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37241485
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 5 43

Immediate family

Members
David G. Ausmus (father)
Bessie Ausmus (mother)
Dorothy Ausmus (sister)
Stanly G. Ausmus (brother)

More information

Pfc. Donald Ausmus was born and worked on his father's farm.

He was sent overseas inMay 1944.

He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time for wounds, received on 22 July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Atchison Daily Globe / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - Beatrice Daily Sun / The Marysville Advocate

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Marysville Advocate / Marshall County News 8 March 1945 - courtesy of Amandine Jaunet - Henri-Chapelle Cemetery Associate