World War II Honoree

Donald L. Beauseigneur

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Clearfield, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Audrey Beish Moore

Relationship

Sister-in-law

SHIPPED OUT OF STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK APRIL 1943 ABOARD THE USS MEXICO, AS INFANTRY REPLACEMENT, SPECIAL FORCES. HEADED FOR ALGERIA IN PREPARATION FOR THE INVASION OF SICILY. ADVANCED NORTH THROUGH ITALY, GLIDED INTO SOUTHERN FRANCE, FOUGHT NORTH TO SAAR REGION OF GERMANY. WOUNDED IN EARLY 1945, RETURNED TO ACTION IN TIME FOR THE PUSH EAST ACROSS RHINE RIVER, THROUGH GERMANY AND ON TO PLZEN, CZECHOSLOVAKIA WITH THE 87TH INFANTRY. AWARDED NINE CAMPAIGN MEDALS. RETURNED TO NEW YORK ABOARD THE USS WEST POINT, JULY 1945.