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William F Donithan 1922 - 1945

William Frances Donithan of Cumberland County, North Carolina United States was born on October 15, 1922 in Harnett, Harnett County, and died at age 22 years old on March 5, 1945 in NRW Germany. William Donithan was buried at Raleigh National Cemetery Rock Quarry Road - Section 24 Site 1317, in Raleigh, North Carolina USA.

William Frances Donithan

"Billie"

Cumberland County, North Carolina United States

October 15, 1922

Harnett, Harnett County, North Carolina, 27546, United States

March 5, 1945

NRW, Germany

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William Frances "Billie" Donathan is the son of Jacob Henry Donathan (1879-1949) and Mary Matilda "Mollie" Donathan (1880-1961). He was born on October 15, 1922 in Harnett, North Carolina. He had siblings Alice (1900-1965), Odell (1904-1954), Howard (born 1909), Houston (1909-1973), Ethel Mae (1911-1972), Mossie (1912-1999), Ella Frances (1913-1917), Infant Jacob (1915-1915), and Stella Pathenia Donathan (1916-1980). He grew up in Greenwood, Moore, North Carolina and Rural, Lee, North Carolina. He enlisted into the US Army on December 6, 1942 in Fort Bragg North Carolina and he served in the 121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division, and World War II.
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1922

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October 15, 1922

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Harnett, Harnett County, North Carolina 27546, United States

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Ethnicity & Family History

He was white. His father was born in Yadkin, Surry Co., North Carolina and his mother was born in Dobson Surry, North Carolina.
Nationality & Locations

William was born, raised, and lived in North Carolina. He lived in West Sanford, Lee, North Carolina as a teenager and Rural, Lee, North Carolina as a young child. He also lived in Cumberland, North Carolina.
Early Life & Education

At the time of enlistment, he had completed his education through grammar school.
Military Service

William Donithan enlisted into the US Army on December 6, 1942 in Fort Bragg North Carolina (Military serial#: 34466291). He was a private and his terms of enlistment were, "Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law". He served in the 121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division, and World War II.
Professional Career

William worked as a Farm Laborer.
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1945

Death

March 5, 1945

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Unknown
Cause of death

NRW Germany
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Raleigh National Cemetery Rock Quarry Road - Section 24 Site 1317, in Raleigh, North Carolina 27610, USA
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William F Donithan lived 41 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 22.

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In 1922, in the year that William F Donithan was born, on James Joyce's 40th birthday, his book Ulysses was published in France. The book covers the experiences of an Irishman in Dublin on an ordinary day, 16 June 1904. Now considered a classic, it was controversial at the time. Due to some sexual content, the book was banned in the U.S. during the 1920's and the U.S. Post Office destroyed 500 copies of the novel.

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In 1930, at the age of just 8 years old, William was alive when on August 6th, N.Y. Supreme Court Judge Joseph Crater went through papers in his office, destroyed some of them, withdrew all his money from the bank - $5,150, sold his stock, met friends at a restaurant for dinner and disappeared after getting into a taxi (or walking down the street - his friends' testimony later changed). His disappearance was reported to the police on September 3rd - almost a month later. His wife didn't know what happened, his fellow Justices had no idea, and his mistresses (he had several) said that they didn't know. While his disappearance was front page news, his fate was never discovered and after 40 years the case was closed, still without knowing if Crater was dead or alive.

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