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Personal info

Full name
MANLEY, Donald Orel
Date of birth
25 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Springfield, Hamden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Huntington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31468610
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
Kreuzau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 12 9

Immediate family

Members
Orel E. Manley (father)
Almira U. (Gibbs) Manley (mother)
Richard E. Manley (brother)
Charles D. Manley (brother)
Gerald G. Manley (brother)
Verna S. Manley (sister)

More information

Pfc Donald O. Manley attended high school for four years and was a chauffeur.

He was slightly wounded in action on 3 February 1945, hospitalized and returned to duty in Germany on 20 February 1945.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.archives.gov, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Emmanuel Papin