Grave marker for Theodore R. MacDonald in Section 437, Site 279,
Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell (Sumter county), Florida.
Theodore enlisted in the Army on 27 March 1943.
On 5 August 1944, Pvt McDonald was
transferred from 82d Airborne Division, Leicester, England to Hq 1st,
508th PIR. He was promoted to Pfc on 4 January 1945.
On 6 February 1945 Pfc McDonald was evacuated to a field
hospital and classed as a non-battle injury and rejoined the company on
18 February. He was transferred to Company B on 1 April 1945.
Theodore married Donna Marie Colwell in Detroit (Wayne),
MI on 6 January 1947 and was discharged on 1 November 1947. |