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Personal info

Full name
KILPATRICK, Donald Anderson
Date of birth
16 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Jacksboro, Jack County, Texas
Hometown
Matagorda County, Texas

Military service

Service number
O-450305
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Injuries
Date of death
8 September 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 11 17

Immediate family

Members
James F. Kilpatrick (father)
Ada D. (Anderson) Kilpatrick (mother)
Frank Johnson (stepfather)
Doyle Kilpatrick (brother)
Ima G. Kilpatrick (sister)
Doffie Kilpatrick (brother)
Frank Johnson (stepbrother)
Harold B. Johnson (stepbrother)
Billie J. Johnson (stepbrother)
Mildred Johnson (stepsister)
Joyzell (Longshore) Kilpatrick (wife)

More information

Donald A. Kilpatrick attended law school in Texas before he joined the National Guard. He was selected for Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia. After obtaining his commission, he was retained there as an instructor, receiving rapid promotion to the rank of Captain.

He was mortally wounded near Dinant, Belgium on 7 September and died in a hospital in France on 8 September.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Donna Kilpatrick Stockebrand (niece), Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Phillis Pesch / Donna Kilpatrick Stockebrand, www.ancestry.com