- SURNAME
Payne
- FORENAME
Donald Delano
- UNIT
503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company D)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
36871761
- DATE OF DEATH
13th May 1945
- AGE
36
- GRAVESITE
Hillside Cemetery, Plainwell, Allegan County, Michigan
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 21.10.1908 South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan, USA
father Charles Albee Payne (1873-1939)
mother Bernice Mary (nee Delano) Payne (1882-1938)
attended Western State College
attended Michigan State College
employed Plainwell Citizens State Savings Bank
19.08.1943 entered service
1939 married Rachel Victorine (nee Crosby) Payne (1910-1992)
2 children Mary Bernice (1940-2011) & Richard John
KIA Negros Island, Philippines
