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Zufall, Darwin C.

Date of death:
April 17th, 1944 (Suluan Island, province of Eastern Samar, Philippines)
Buried on:
American Cemetery and Memorial Manila
Plot: L. Row: 6. Grave: 29.
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

Private First Class Darwin C. Zufall had the unwelcome honor of being the first armed American soldier to give his life in the return to the Philippines.

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Sources

  • - Breuer, W.B., Retaking the Philippines - America's Return to Corregidor and Bataan: October 1944-March 1945, St. Martin’s Press, New York, U.S.A., 1986
    - American Battle Monuments Commission

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