Donald Jay Wierenga Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

Donald Jay Wierenga

State of Birth:

MI

Home State:

MI

Gender

Male

Race

White

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War or Conflict

Korean War, 1950-1953

Military Status

Veteran

Dates of Service

1952-1954

Entrance into Service

Drafted

Branch of Service

Army

Unit of Service

K Company, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division

Location of Service

Fort Knox, Kentucky; Korea; Fort Carson, Colorado

Highest Rank

Sergeant

Prisoner of War

No

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording

Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [1 item] -- Typewritten document

Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview

Photograph: Photographic print [10 items] -- Photograph

Interviewer:

Wallace Erichsen

Interviewer:

Anne K. Schmiesing

Contributor:

Wallace Erichsen

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/26462

Subjects:

Wierenga, Donald Jay

Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal Narratives

United States. Army.

Cite as:

Donald Jay Wierenga Collection
(AFC/2001/001/26462), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress