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Personal info

Full name
GILDEN, Don McKinley
Date of birth
15 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Hingham, Hill County, Montana
Hometown
Coulee City, Grant County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39478256
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
6th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 February 1945
Place of death
Killem, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 5 27

Immediate family

Members
John Gilden (father)
Mary E. (McArthur) Gilden (mother)
Fannie M. Gilden (sister)
Harold W. Gilden (brother)
Jack S. Gilden (brother)
Frederick H. Gilden (brother)
Beulah M. (Larsen) Gilden (wife)
Jack M. Gilden (son)

More information

Pvt Don M. Gilden was a driver before he enlisted at Fort Lewis, Washington on 16 June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Lamb Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Candy
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - NWpioneer