Individual Details
Donald Walter Finnicum
(8 Jul 1907 - 29 May 1949)
Donald married Louise Dorothy McMahan on 13 Jul 1929. She was a sister to his brother Fred's wife. They divorced and Louise remarried to Floyd Shelton.
Served as a private, 126 AAF Base Unit, World War II. He enlisted 19 Apr 1944 at Ft. Logan, Colorado. He had a grammar school education - his civilian occupation was that of a skilled miner and mining machine operation. He was married.
Donald died at the Fitzsimmons Army Hospital in Denver. He is buried Veterans Cemetery, Orchard, Mesa Co, CO.
Application was made for his military grave marker on 31 May 1949 by Mrs. Jessie M. Fair, Box 102, Eagle, Co. (his sister) Birth listed as 8 Jul 1907, death as 29 May 1949. The marker was to be shipped to Mesa County Veterans Cemetery. He had enlisted 12 Apr 1944, was discharged 9 Oct 1945.
Events
| Birth | 8 Jul 1907 | Dawson, Colfax County, New Mexico |  | ||
| Death | 29 May 1949 | Denver, Denver County, Colorado | |
Families
| Father | Mark Paul Finnicum (1870 - 1960) |
| Mother | Ina Humphrey (1872 - 1948) |
| Sibling | Jason Mark Finnicum (1901 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Charles Fredrick "Fred" Finnicum (1902 - 1935) |
| Sibling | Robert Finnicum (1905 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Ada Mae Finnicum (1909 - 1909) |
| Sibling | John Finnicum (1910 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Jessie Mae Finnicum (1912 - 1999) |
Endnotes
1. Holderness Research; LaDonna Wagoner, descendant of second family of Ina Humphry Holderness Finnicum.
2. Holderness Research; LaDonna Wagoner, descendant of second family of Ina Humphry Holderness Finnicum.