Name:
Donald Leon Wellbaum
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
447600
Unit:
4th Marine Regiment
Date of Death:
1944-07-28
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Graceland Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
Plot:
D
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Donald Leon Wellbaum was born on January 20, 1924, in Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois. He was the son of Ernest L. Wellbaum and Letha E. Shelley Wellbaum.
He served in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade as a Private First Class during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 28, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.