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Personal info

Full name
GUSTAFSON, Donald Arthur
Date of birth
1 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Port Allegany, McKean County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33432813
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Donnerberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 13 9

Immediate family

Members
Ella A. Gustafson (mother)
Aline Gustafson (sister)
John H. Gustafson (brother)
Doris Gustafson (sister)

More information

Pvt Donald A. Gustafson graduated from Port Allegany High School with the class of 1941 andwas employed in the Pittsburgh Corning factory.

He enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 13 February 1943 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - The Bradford Era / 1940 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Applications WWII, Bradford Evening Star and The Bradford Daily Record Bradford, Pennsylvania / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Joel Frampton Gilfert