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Second Lieutenant Donald G Kleppin

Name Donald G Kleppin
Rank Second Lieutenant
Army Serial # O-525014
State South Dakota
Date of death 1944-07-18
Plot, Row, Grave D, 7, 11
Cemetery Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France, Google Maps
Unit B Company, 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Awards Silver StarPurple Heart
Remarks Second Lieutenant Kleppin from Wessington Springs, South Dakota, was a member of B Company. The morning report for July 19, 1944 on page 34 lists him as severely wounded in action and transferred to the 42nd Field Hospital on July 18, 1944. The morning report for August 20, 1944 on page 36 lists his status changed from SWA to died of wounds on July 18, 1944. All pages can be seen below.

More information can be found here.
Documents - MR B Co, 331st IR, July 19, 1944
- MR B Co, 331st IR, August 20, 1944
Grave Soldier
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