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Personal info

Full name
MC DONALD, William Robert
Date of birth
11 November 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33776364
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
48th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Poteau, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 5 68

Immediate family

Members
Edward Mc Donald (father)
Mary (Hahn) Mc Donald (mother)
Edward Mc Donald (brother)
Violet Mc Donald (sister)
Frank J. Mc Donald (brother)
Chas L. Mc Donald (brother)
Ruth M. (Warfel) Mc Donald (wife)
Paul Mc Donald (stepson)
Nancy L. Mc Donald (stepdaughter)
William Mc Donald (son)
Robert Mc Donald (son)

More information

William Mc Donald attended Central Catholic High School in Johnstown with the class of 1927.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.7tharmddiv.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees / 1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Central Catholic High School Yearbook 1945, Mike Medeiros