US PARAS Bignall, Donald Everett

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Bignall ​

• FORENAME

Donald Everett​

• UNIT

506 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company I) ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

19138691 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

6th June 1944 ​

• AGE

26​

• GRAVESITE

Normandy American Cemetery, France Plot H Row 9 Grave 23 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Contra Costa, California​

born 04.10.1917 Los Angeles County, California, USA​

4 years high school​

civil occupation skilled mechanics and repairmen​

employed by Standard Oil Company​

married upon enlistment​

wife Anita Harriett Bignall, 714 10th Street, Richmond, California​

daughter Bonnie Beth​

16.10.1940 draft card Richmond, California​

29.09.1942 entered service San Francisco, California​

Next of kin - Mother. Mrs. Lillian Bignall Flynn, 6720 Potrero Avenue, El Cerrito, California​

KIA Normandy (Shot down near Magneville C-47A Skytrain #42-100905)​

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