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Donald Dries

Birth
Avoca, Steuben County, New York, USA
Death
9 Jun 1993 (aged 73)
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
Burial
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World War II veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp.

This family pronounced their surname of Dries as rhyming with trees.

Donald served during several significant battles in the Pacific Theater during WWII. He later requested duty in Europe after his brother Paul Dries died in 1943 while serving as a tailgunner during a bombing mission over Berlin, Germany. Donald was on the beach at Normandy on D-Day.

He married twice.

First to Laura (?).

He next married Joan Mary Saxe and they had a daughter Mary Jo.
World War II veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp.

This family pronounced their surname of Dries as rhyming with trees.

Donald served during several significant battles in the Pacific Theater during WWII. He later requested duty in Europe after his brother Paul Dries died in 1943 while serving as a tailgunner during a bombing mission over Berlin, Germany. Donald was on the beach at Normandy on D-Day.

He married twice.

First to Laura (?).

He next married Joan Mary Saxe and they had a daughter Mary Jo.


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