MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Reno, Donald Wesley

John Robertson

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  • SURNAME
Reno
  • FORENAME
Donald Wesley
  • UNIT
  • 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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