MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Reno, Donald Wesley

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Reno​

• FORENAME

Donald Wesley​

• UNIT

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• RANK

Private​

• NUMBER

34967554​

• AWARD

Bronze Star​

• PLACE

Burma 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Spartanburg County,South Carolina​

born 21.2.1926 Buffalo,South Carolina​

grew up on a farm in Haywood County,North Carolina​

son of Zebulan Elisha and Hattie Luejean (nee Jones) Reno​

2 years high school​

actor in civilian life​

enlisted May 1943 (Cavalry) (personal record)​

enlisted 1.4.1944 Fort Bragg,North Carolina (enlistment record)​

475 Infantry Regiment 1944-45​

award Purple Heart (date/unit ?)​

bluegrass and country musician (banjo player)​

married Betty O. (b.1941)​

died 16.10.1984 Powhatan,Virginia​

Spring Hill Cemetery,Lynchburg,Virginia​

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