SSgt. George V. Donahue Jr.     

 

Mil# 11065587

Enlisted: 18 March 1942, Hartford, CT

 3rd Platoon A-Company 643rd TD BN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Born: 29 December 1921   Place: Derby, CT

Died: 31 August 1962   Place: Bronx, New York City

Buriel place: Saint Michaels Cemetery, Derby, CT

 

 

Wife: Margaret Donahue (Kelly)   Married: 28 December 1946

Children:

 

Father: George Donahue  Mother: Marie Donahue (Mannion)

Siblings: Mary and John

 

 

Awards

 

 

 

 

 

Prisoner of War Ribbon

On 23 December 1944 during The Battle of the Bulge, George was captured by the Germans (Baraque de Fraiture) close to the German/Belgium border.


George's gravemarker on Saint Michaels Cemetery

 

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