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Personal info

Full name
GRAF, Donald William
Date of birth
7 February 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Elmira, Chemung County, New York
Hometown
Baltimore City, Maryland

Military service

Service number
42147421
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 7 51

Immediate family

Members
George Graf (father)
Alice O. (Parsons) Graf (mother)
Richard E. Graf (brother)
Robert G. Graf (brother)
James Graf (brother)
Eva J. (Rose) Graf (wife)
Susan J. Graf (daughter)

More information

Donald W. Graf graduated from North High School and was employed by a Baltimore aircraft firm before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 30 June 1944. He was sent overseas in December 1944, a few weeks after his daughter Susan Jane was born

Source of information: Jac Engels, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://aad.archives.gov, www.newspapers.com - The Press and Sun-Bulletin (NY), www.ancestry.com - Family Trees

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.ancestry.com - Binghamton North High School Yearbook 1942