Son of Oral and Laura 'Shipley' McDonald. He attended Roastinere rural school in Gallatin and Graduated from Gallatin High School in 1939.
On July 18, 1942 he married Marian Lee Bils in Gallatin. They had a daughter, Martha Sue Gaston.
They farmed in Livingston County.
He served in the Army from 1942 to 1945 with a rank of Staff Sergeant. He was in the Rome-Arno campaign. He received 2 Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart, and The Oak Leaf Cluster.
He was a member of the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He was blessed with 4 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.
On July 18, 1942 he married Marian Lee Bils in Gallatin. They had a daughter, Martha Sue Gaston.
They farmed in Livingston County.
He served in the Army from 1942 to 1945 with a rank of Staff Sergeant. He was in the Rome-Arno campaign. He received 2 Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart, and The Oak Leaf Cluster.
He was a member of the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He was blessed with 4 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.
Son of Oral and Laura 'Shipley' McDonald. He attended Roastinere rural school in Gallatin and Graduated from Gallatin High School in 1939.
On July 18, 1942 he married Marian Lee Bils in Gallatin. They had a daughter, Martha Sue Gaston.
They farmed in Livingston County.
He served in the Army from 1942 to 1945 with a rank of Staff Sergeant. He was in the Rome-Arno campaign. He received 2 Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart, and The Oak Leaf Cluster.
He was a member of the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He was blessed with 4 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.
On July 18, 1942 he married Marian Lee Bils in Gallatin. They had a daughter, Martha Sue Gaston.
They farmed in Livingston County.
He served in the Army from 1942 to 1945 with a rank of Staff Sergeant. He was in the Rome-Arno campaign. He received 2 Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart, and The Oak Leaf Cluster.
He was a member of the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He was blessed with 4 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.
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