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Personal info

Full name
HAWTHORNE, Donald Mann
Date of birth
23 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Millersville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33875848
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Halsenbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 1 4

Immediate family

Members
Ira A. Hawthorne (father)
Elizabeth J. Hawthorne (mother)
Ethel M. Hawthorne (sister)
Ira Hawthorne (brother)
John M. Hawthorne (brother)
Paul M. Hawthorne (brother)

More information

Pfc Donald M. Hawthorne was a driver before he enlisted in Pennsylvania on 6 July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Joel Frampton Gilfert