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Personal info

Full name
SHERMAN, Douglas James
Date of birth
6 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Shebewa Township, Ionia County, Michigan
Hometown
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36418513
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
Near the German-Belgium border

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 12 14

Immediate family

Members
James E. Sherman (father)
Ione (Downing) Sherman (mother)
Georgia K. (Sanford) Sherman (wife)

More information

Cpl Douglas J. Sherman enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 8 January 1943.
He was married to Georgia K. Sanford on 12 August 1939, at Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Ionia Community Library