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Personal info

Full name
DE VAULT, Donald Clifford
Date of birth
17 January 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Bristol, Sullivan County, Tennessee
Hometown
Charles County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33890099
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
West of the Rur River in the sector of Düren-Merken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 6 18

Immediate family

Members
Carl V. De Vault (father)
Lena A. (Shoun) De Vault (mother)
Howard O. De Vault (brother)
Wanda De Vault (sister)
John B. De Vault (brother)
Mary E. (Wampler) De Vault (wife)
Clifford O. De Vault (son)
Linda A. De Vault (daughter)

More information

Pfc Donald C. De Vault attended high school for four years.

He enlisted at Fort George G Meade, Maryland on 2 June 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - DeVault-DeWald-DaVault-Dawalt-Davalt-Hillman-Long-Wortz-Kitzmiller-Keefhaver Family Tree, U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels