Database 83rd Infantry Division

Don Sipes (38403570)

Name Sipes, Don
Rank Private
Army Serial # 38403570
State Oklahoma
Date of death 1944-07-28
Plot, Row, Grave C, 26, 5
Cemetery Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France , Google Maps
Role MOS 745 Rifleman
Unit F Company, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Awards Purple Heart
Additional information
rivate Sipes was a member of F Company. The morning report for July 27, 1944 on page 76 lists him as lightly wounded in action and transferred to an unknown evacuation hospital. The morning report for August 7, 1944 on page 16 lists his status changed to died of wounds on July 31, 1944. We note that this date does not match the date of ABMC which is July 28, 1944. All relevant pages can be seen below.
Morning reports
1944-07-08 PVT Assigned and joined from unknown unit as of July 8, 1944 521 F / 329 view page
1944-07-27 PVT Severely wounded in action and transferred to unknown hospital on July 27, 1944 745 F / 329 view page
1944-08-07 PVT Died of wounds on July 31, 1944 745 F / 329 view page

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