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Personal info

Full name
RESCORLA, Douglas Raymond
Date of birth
13 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Gunnison County, Colorado
Hometown
Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37346172
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
222nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 January 1945
Place of death
Near Le Neuborg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 29 61

Immediate family

Members
George Rescorla (father)
Florence (Fisher) Rescorla (mother)
George C. Rescorla (brother)
Ruth E. Rescorla (sister)
Anna L. (Tracy) Rescorla (wife)

More information

Sgt Douglas R. Rescorla attended high school for two years and was a driver before he enlisted in Denver, Colorado on 13 May 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kim’s Masterfile Family Tree, www.findagrave.com
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