Gordon Barrie Douglas

1936 - 1960  (23 years)

• Name	Gordon Barrie Douglas
  Born	19 Sep 1936	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132526521
  Residence	1940	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
  Military	1954	, USA
  	In 1954, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served in Okinawa before being discharged in 1957. Two years later he joined the U.S. Air Force and was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg.
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-315348
  Died	25 Apr 1960	Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I315348	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Gordon Beverly Douglas,   b. 22 Sep 1906, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Feb 1984, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Ida Donau,   b. 1910, Oberhausen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. 13 Nov 1990  (Age 80 years)
  Married	4 Apr 1934	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F63110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Former K-W Resident, Young Airman Killed Gordon Barrie Douglas, 23, a Former Kitchener resident, died in army. hospital at Fort Bragg, N.C., today after being injured on the army base in a truck-car collision. Mr. Douglas was born Sept. 19, 1936, in Detroit but lived at 15 Scott St., Kitchener. He attended public schools here and the K-W Collegiate. He was a member of Zion Evangelical Church. In 1954, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served in Okinawa before being discharged in 1957. Two years later he joined the U.S. Air Force and was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg. He is survived by his parents, Gordon Douglas and the former Ida Donau, "now Mrs. Ida Heubach; and a sister, Mrs. David (Beverley) Mann of the Canadian legation at Warsaw. The body will rest at the Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home. Military officials have not yet sent word on when it will arrive in Kitchener. _____________ Douglas - At Detroit, Mich., Sept. 10. to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Douglas formerly of Kitchener, a son. Waterloo Chronicle 24 Sep 1936, p. 5

  
  

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  Born - 19 Sep 1936 - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Residence - 1940 - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Military - 1954 - , USA Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth