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Personal info

Full name
KIRKPATRICK, Donald L
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Canada
Hometown
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31224090
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Morey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 10 26

Immediate family

Members
Helen B. Kirkpatrick (wife)

More information

Pfc Donald L Kirkpatrick was a yardman before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 16 October 1942.
He was reported missing in action on 26 September when his company was holding positions two miles south of Morey.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.80thdivision.com, https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4945&context=gradschool_theses
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Connie Johnson