World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Donald Gilbert Englar
Branch of Service
U.S. Coast Guard
Hometown
Union Bridge, Maryland
Honored By
Betsy Andrew
Relationship
Daughter
He entered the service in 1943. He was assigned to the USS Thurston. He was a Higgins boat Coxswain during D-Day landing in the first wave on Omaha Beach. He received the Mediterranean Middle East War Zone Bar, Merchant Marine Emblem, Atlantic War Zone Bar and French Medal of Honor.