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Personal info

Full name
JOHANNES, Donald Raymond
Date of birth
4 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Dodge, Dodge County, Nebraska
Hometown
Schuyler, Colfax County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37126783
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 August 1944
Place of death
Near Kitzingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 35 46

Immediate family

Members
Herman Johannes (father)
Alice (Stubbert) Johannes (mother)
Nettie M. Johannes (sister)
Dorothea F. Johannes (sister)
Margaret D. (Grady) Johannes (wife)

More information

Sgt Donald R. Johannes enlisted in June 1942 and was sent overseas during the latter part of March 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Faler Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - blazen36 / Loren Bende
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Jaap Vermeer