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Personal info

Full name
POWERS, Donald Robert
Date of birth
6 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Derry, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Derry, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
6945129
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
38th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Rocherath, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 11 51

Immediate family

Members
Arthur E. Powers (father)
Zada M. Powers (mother)
Madelene M. Powers (sister)
Eleanor E. Powers (sister)
Ralph E. Powers (brother)
Josephine E. Powers (sister)

More information

Pvt Donald R. Powers enlisted into the Regular Army in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 24 February 1941.
He was a mechanic before he joined the army.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Shilling Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Margaret Burgess