PFC Donald D. Sawyer was born 11 Jun 1925 in Biddeford, Maine. He was the only child of Lester M. and Mary A. (Ham) Sawyer. His father supported the family by farming along Boom Road near Saco, Maine.
Donald enlisted in the army in June 1943. PFC Sawyer was sent to England and assigned to D Company 116th Infantry probably in early 1944. He would not have had much time in training for the amphibious landing in which he took part on D-Day, 6 Jun 1944. He was wounded on 23 Jun 1944 and evacuated to hospital. He returned to the unit directly from the hospital on 6 Sep 1944. He fought with the unit in the liberation of Brest and then in the attack on Aachen, Germany. PFC Sawyer was killed in action there on 15 Oct 1944.
PFC Sawyer was repatriated in 1948 and re-interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Biddeford, Maine.
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