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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 34408" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Zahn </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Donald Eugene</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>506 Parachute Infantry Regiment </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Second Lieutenant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>17109148</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Distinguished Service Cross </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Europe </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided St. Louis Park, Minnesota</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 15.10.1920, Bellingham, Minnesota, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father William Zahn</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Serena Zahn</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1939 graduated St. Louis Park High School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attended University of Minnesota (3 years)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>16.02.1942 enlisted St. Louis Park, Minnesota</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded Distinguished Service Cross, Bronze Star</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>postwar joined Army Reserves</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>23.05.1947 married Norma Lucille Zahn (1924-2013) (married 66 years)</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>9 children</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>resided Edina, Minnesota</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>employed as Salesman for McFarland Pole Company</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>1973 moved to Sandpoint</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>1975 moved to Denver, Colorado</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>2009 moved back to Sandpoint</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>retired 20 years service, rank Major</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 10.05.2015 Aged 94 Sandpoint, Idaho, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Section 71, Grave 1012</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-zahn-grave.36657/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36657-57192e6882b42eba106f107d708e4bfa.jpg?1650055571" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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