Donald E. Krapff
Service #: 36484662
Rank: Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit: 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
Entered Service From: Tennessee - actually he enlisted in Illinois
Date of Death: May 4, 1945 Luzon, Philippines
He is the son of John Adam Krapff (12 August 1884 Dover Twp, Bureau County, Illinois - March 1961, Pinellas, Florida) & his 2nd wife, Mary E. Krapff (21 July 1895 Kansas - 28 June 1971 Pinellas, Florida)
He had at least four half siblings: Walter Edwin Krapff (1910 – 1967), Glenn William Krapff (1916–1927), Gordon T. Krapff (1917 – 1976) and Helen Krapff.
Donald Krapff is found in Ohio Township, Bureau County, Illinois in the 1940 U.S. Census (15 Illinois).
Donald E. Krapff (1924 Illinois) of Shelby County, Illinois enlisted as a Private (S/N 36484662) in the U.S. Army on 13 May 1943 in Peoria, Illinois. He was single, had completed 4 years of high school and had been working in the “Unskilled chainmen, rodmen, and axmen, surveying” occupation.
Private, Donald E. Krapff was assigned to the 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division.
He died on May 4, 1945 on Luzon Island, Philippines.
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Pvt. Donald Krapff, 20, of Ohio was killed in action on Luzon, May 4, according to a war department telegram, received by his father, John Krapff. He had been overseas since September, 1944. Pvt. Krapff was born on a farm near Ohio, attended rural school and was a graduate of Ohio high school. Besides his father, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Helen Wilson and Mrs. Marilyn Nelson, both of Kasbeer, also two brothers, Sgt. Gordon Krapff at Santa Ana, Calif., and Seaman Walter Krapff, now stationed at Treasurer Island, San Francisco.
Bureau County Tribune (Princeton, IL)
~01 Jun 1945 p6 c3
Pfc Donald Krapff was not the son of John's second wife. His mother was Nettie Turnbull Krapff, John's first wife. They can be found on the 1930 census under Krapfft in Bureau County, Illinois
Service #: 36484662
Rank: Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit: 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
Entered Service From: Tennessee - actually he enlisted in Illinois
Date of Death: May 4, 1945 Luzon, Philippines
He is the son of John Adam Krapff (12 August 1884 Dover Twp, Bureau County, Illinois - March 1961, Pinellas, Florida) & his 2nd wife, Mary E. Krapff (21 July 1895 Kansas - 28 June 1971 Pinellas, Florida)
He had at least four half siblings: Walter Edwin Krapff (1910 – 1967), Glenn William Krapff (1916–1927), Gordon T. Krapff (1917 – 1976) and Helen Krapff.
Donald Krapff is found in Ohio Township, Bureau County, Illinois in the 1940 U.S. Census (15 Illinois).
Donald E. Krapff (1924 Illinois) of Shelby County, Illinois enlisted as a Private (S/N 36484662) in the U.S. Army on 13 May 1943 in Peoria, Illinois. He was single, had completed 4 years of high school and had been working in the “Unskilled chainmen, rodmen, and axmen, surveying” occupation.
Private, Donald E. Krapff was assigned to the 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division.
He died on May 4, 1945 on Luzon Island, Philippines.
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Pvt. Donald Krapff, 20, of Ohio was killed in action on Luzon, May 4, according to a war department telegram, received by his father, John Krapff. He had been overseas since September, 1944. Pvt. Krapff was born on a farm near Ohio, attended rural school and was a graduate of Ohio high school. Besides his father, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Helen Wilson and Mrs. Marilyn Nelson, both of Kasbeer, also two brothers, Sgt. Gordon Krapff at Santa Ana, Calif., and Seaman Walter Krapff, now stationed at Treasurer Island, San Francisco.
Bureau County Tribune (Princeton, IL)
~01 Jun 1945 p6 c3
Pfc Donald Krapff was not the son of John's second wife. His mother was Nettie Turnbull Krapff, John's first wife. They can be found on the 1930 census under Krapfft in Bureau County, Illinois
Donald E. Krapff
Service #: 36484662
Rank: Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit: 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
Entered Service From: Tennessee - actually he enlisted in Illinois
Date of Death: May 4, 1945 Luzon, Philippines
He is the son of John Adam Krapff (12 August 1884 Dover Twp, Bureau County, Illinois - March 1961, Pinellas, Florida) & his 2nd wife, Mary E. Krapff (21 July 1895 Kansas - 28 June 1971 Pinellas, Florida)
He had at least four half siblings: Walter Edwin Krapff (1910 – 1967), Glenn William Krapff (1916–1927), Gordon T. Krapff (1917 – 1976) and Helen Krapff.
Donald Krapff is found in Ohio Township, Bureau County, Illinois in the 1940 U.S. Census (15 Illinois).
Donald E. Krapff (1924 Illinois) of Shelby County, Illinois enlisted as a Private (S/N 36484662) in the U.S. Army on 13 May 1943 in Peoria, Illinois. He was single, had completed 4 years of high school and had been working in the “Unskilled chainmen, rodmen, and axmen, surveying” occupation.
Private, Donald E. Krapff was assigned to the 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division.
He died on May 4, 1945 on Luzon Island, Philippines.
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Pvt. Donald Krapff, 20, of Ohio was killed in action on Luzon, May 4, according to a war department telegram, received by his father, John Krapff. He had been overseas since September, 1944. Pvt. Krapff was born on a farm near Ohio, attended rural school and was a graduate of Ohio high school. Besides his father, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Helen Wilson and Mrs. Marilyn Nelson, both of Kasbeer, also two brothers, Sgt. Gordon Krapff at Santa Ana, Calif., and Seaman Walter Krapff, now stationed at Treasurer Island, San Francisco.
Bureau County Tribune (Princeton, IL)
~01 Jun 1945 p6 c3
Pfc Donald Krapff was not the son of John's second wife. His mother was Nettie Turnbull Krapff, John's first wife. They can be found on the 1930 census under Krapfft in Bureau County, Illinois
Service #: 36484662
Rank: Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit: 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
Entered Service From: Tennessee - actually he enlisted in Illinois
Date of Death: May 4, 1945 Luzon, Philippines
He is the son of John Adam Krapff (12 August 1884 Dover Twp, Bureau County, Illinois - March 1961, Pinellas, Florida) & his 2nd wife, Mary E. Krapff (21 July 1895 Kansas - 28 June 1971 Pinellas, Florida)
He had at least four half siblings: Walter Edwin Krapff (1910 – 1967), Glenn William Krapff (1916–1927), Gordon T. Krapff (1917 – 1976) and Helen Krapff.
Donald Krapff is found in Ohio Township, Bureau County, Illinois in the 1940 U.S. Census (15 Illinois).
Donald E. Krapff (1924 Illinois) of Shelby County, Illinois enlisted as a Private (S/N 36484662) in the U.S. Army on 13 May 1943 in Peoria, Illinois. He was single, had completed 4 years of high school and had been working in the “Unskilled chainmen, rodmen, and axmen, surveying” occupation.
Private, Donald E. Krapff was assigned to the 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division.
He died on May 4, 1945 on Luzon Island, Philippines.
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Pvt. Donald Krapff, 20, of Ohio was killed in action on Luzon, May 4, according to a war department telegram, received by his father, John Krapff. He had been overseas since September, 1944. Pvt. Krapff was born on a farm near Ohio, attended rural school and was a graduate of Ohio high school. Besides his father, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Helen Wilson and Mrs. Marilyn Nelson, both of Kasbeer, also two brothers, Sgt. Gordon Krapff at Santa Ana, Calif., and Seaman Walter Krapff, now stationed at Treasurer Island, San Francisco.
Bureau County Tribune (Princeton, IL)
~01 Jun 1945 p6 c3
Pfc Donald Krapff was not the son of John's second wife. His mother was Nettie Turnbull Krapff, John's first wife. They can be found on the 1930 census under Krapfft in Bureau County, Illinois
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