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Personal info

Full name
KELLEY, Donald D
Date of birth
9 November 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Cortland County, New York

Military service

Service number
42121512
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 13 30

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence Kelley (father)
Fannie Kelley (mother)
Virginia Kelley (sister)
Lorna E. Kelley (wife)

More information

Pvt Donald D. Kelley enlisted in Binghamton, New York on 24 February 1944.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten