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Personal info

Full name
BARRY, Donald F
Date of birth
12 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31398519
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
242nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 January 1945
Place of death
Kaltenhouse, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 5 60

Immediate family

Members
Richard J. Barry (father)
Anna (Lally) Barry (mother)
Richard Barry (brother)
Anette L. Barry (sister)

More information

Pfc Donald F. Barry graduated from Lewiston High School in 1940. He attended the University of New Hampshire for two years.

He enlisted in Portland, Maine on 1 September 1943. He entered ASTP training at the University of Illinois. When the program was abandoned he was trained at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. He was sent overseas in November 1944 and arrived in southern France on 8 December 1944.

On 25 January 1945, when his platoon was pinned down by enemy fire near Kaltenhouse, France, Pvt Barry was wounded in the head when he attempted to get into position from which to deliver effective rifle grenade fire upon the enemy. Refusing assistance of anyone able to fight, he crawled over 300 yards to the rear for aid, sustaining another wound in so doing. He died of his wounds that night. For this action he was awarded the Silver Star posthumously.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Lewiston Daily Sun - 13 February 1945, Lewiston High School 1940