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Personal info

Full name
MAINES, Doran McDonald Jr
Date of birth
19 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Shiloh, York County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Hyde City, Clairfield County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33771861
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hagenau, Surbourg or Soultz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 24 62

Immediate family

Members
Doran M. Maines Sr. (father)
Nancy M. (Cowfer) Maines (mother)
Abbie A. Maines (sister)
Bessie L. Maines (sister)
Alta M. Maines (sister)
Winnifred L. Maines (sister)
Alma R. Maines (sister)
Susan S. Maines (sister)
Anna M. Maines (sister)
Esther M. Maines (sister)
Dorothy C. Maines (sister)
Emery C. Maines (brother)
Elwood L. Maines (brother)
Clark H. Maines (brother)
Leo L. Maines (brother)
Lena Maines ( sister)
Jessie M. Maines ( sister)
James Maines (brother)
Emma M. (Veihdeffer) Maines (wife)
Gloris J. Maines (daughter)

More information

Pfc Doran M. Maines Jr. enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 23 February 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII 1950-1966, https://36th-id.frb.io/, 141aar-December-1944-to-end.pdf

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M