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Name: Metcalf, Donald D.
Obituary Date: 01 Mar 1951
Volume: 1948-1951	Page: 112	Year: 1951
Date of Birth: 02 Sep 1923	Date of Death: 06 Feb 1951
Father: George Metcalf	Mother: Vira Humphrey
Comment: Private First Class Metcalf was a member of the 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was Wounded in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on February 5, 1951 and died of those wounds the following day. Private First Class Metcalf was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.
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