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Personal info

Full name
WAKEFIELD, Donald Leroy Jr
Date of birth
6 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35919231
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
Échavanne, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 35 48

Immediate family

Members
Donald L. Wakefield Sr. (father)
Viola Wakefield (mother)
Max E. Wakefield (brother)
Jean Wakefield (sister)
Marcia Wakefield (sister)

More information

Pvt Donald L. Wakefield Jr. was employed at the Leardt Motor Sales before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 20 October 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com – Coleman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy