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Personal info

Full name
QUINN, Donald F
Date of birth
16 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa
Hometown
Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37599643
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
1st Battalion,
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
Vicinity of Alsace, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 16 5

Immediate family

Members
Leonard C. Quinn (father)
Gertrude (Worthen) Quinn (mother)
Leo E. Quinn (brother)
Leonard Quinn (brother)
Robert L. Quinn (brother)
Earl J. Quinn (brother)
Milree M. (Lawson) Quinn (wife)
Donna K. Quinn (daughter)

More information

Pvt Donald F. Quinn was employed at the Miller Motor Co. before he enlisted at Fort Snelling on 20 July 1944 and was sent overseas in January 1945.

His brother, Robert L. Quinn, was killed in action in France on 6 July 1944 and is buried at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Army Enlistment Record / Headstone and Interment Record/ 1920-1940 Census / Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - The Waterloo Daily Courier

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Waterloo Daily Courier