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Donald Enoch Bengston
Lilah Crowe2023-02-18T19:15:01-06:00
- Name: Donald Enoch Bengston
- Location of Birth: Buffalo Lake, Minnesota
- Date of Birth: June 15, 1913
- Date of Death: June 27, 1970 (57 years old)
- Parents: ? and Esther Bengston
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- Highest Rank: SGT (Sergeant)
- Branch: Army
- Other Branch: Military Police
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- Military Highlights:
Served with Company B, 729th Military Police Battalion.
Information in the United States, World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947:
Name: Donald Enoch Bengston
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 27
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: June 15, 1913
Birth Place: Buffalo Lake, Minnesota
Residence Place: Gary, Lake, Indiana, USA
Registration Date: October 16, 1940
Registration Place: Indiana, USA
Employer: Inland Steel Company
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 162
Complexion: Light
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Next of Kin: Esther Bengston (mother)
Other obvious physical characteristics that will aid in identification: nose
- Wars Involved:
World War II
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Donald lived in the Grand Rapids, Minnesota area since 1921.
He is survived by two brothers, Alvin and Leonard; three sisters, Mrs. W. L. Douglas, Mrs. F. R. Gorsuch, and Mrs. Willing Dorning; and several nieces and nephews.
Buried in Itasca Calvary Cemetery at Grand Rapids, Minnesota. (Plot I-B-21-1-2)
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