Plymouth County

Pfc. Donald Lundell

 

 

TWO IOWANS FREED FROM NAZI CAMPS

With the U. S. Army In Germany—(AP)—Two Iowans were among 500 American soldiers who were liberated Thursday when the 89th Infantry overran several German prisoner of war camps.

They were Pfc.’s Robert Sackett, Waterloo, and Donald Lundell, Akron.

Source: Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, April 20, 1945

LOCAL NEWS.
Among German war prisoners released when the 89th Infantry overran several prison camps was Pfc. Donald Lundell of Akron.

Source: The LeMars Sentinel, Tuesday, April 24, 1945

Donald Douglas “Doug” Lundell was born Mar. 12, 1927 to Lawrence and Nettie Selstrom Lundell. He died in 2018 and is buried in National Memorial Park, West Falls Church, VA.

Source: ancestry.com