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Personal info

Full name
MEYER, Donald A
Date of birth
9 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa
Hometown
Scott County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37668428
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 10 46

Immediate family

Members
Otto W. Meyer (father)
Ella K. Meyer (mother)
Clarence W. Meyer (brother)
Kenneth K. Meyer (brother)
Eugene R. Meyer (brother)
William O. Meyer (brother)
James N. Meyer (brother)
Evalyn L. (Benshoof) Meyer (wife)

More information

Pvt Donald A. Meyer was employed at the Rock Island Arsenal before he enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 12 April 1943. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was married to Evalyn Benshoof on 28 October 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Times
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Times