Name:
Donald W. Elwell
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
Unit:
1st Engineer Combat Battalion, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-10
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Meuse-Argonne American Cem., Lorraine, France
Plot:
H
Row:
36
Grave:
9
Decoration:
Comments:
When Donald W. Elwell was born on June 24, 1898, in Portage, Ohio, his father, Fred, was 37 and his mother, Alice, was 37. He had two brothers. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private in Company A, 1st Engineer Combat Battalion, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on October 10, 1918 and is now buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France.