Donald Norman Streight
PFC, Company "F" 24th Inf, 25th Inf. Div, U. S. Army
Killed In Action, South Korea, 2 Sept 1950.
Compiled by Linda Cunningham Fluharty.
PFC, Company "F" 24th Inf, 25th Inf. Div, U. S. Army
Killed In Action, South Korea, 2 Sept 1950.
Compiled by Linda Cunningham Fluharty.
DONALD NORMAN STREIGHT, born 25 September 1931 in St. Marys, Pleasants County, W.Va., was the son of Harry Streight and Emma M. Ash, married in Pleasants County in 1925. The family is found in the 1940 census of Pleasants County, W.Va.
1940 Census, Jefferson District, Pleasants County, W.Va.
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Harry R. Streight, Head, 39, Farm & WPA, b. W.Va.
Emma M. Streight, 39, Housekeeper, b. W,Va.
James B. Streight, Son, 10, b. W.Va.
Donald N. Streight, Son, 9, b. W.Va.
Ralf H. Streight, Son, 7, b. W.Va.
Jack G. Streight, Son, 5, b. W.Va.
Doris E. Streight, Daughter, 3, b. W.Va. Doloras E. Streight, Daughter, 2, b. W.Va.
James C. Streight, Father, 63, Works on farm for board, b. W.Va.Donald Streight was not living with the family in 1950 because he had enlisted in the U. S. Army 24 August 1949.
The remains of Donald N. Streight were returned to the U. S. in July 1951.
He is buried at Willow Island Cemetery, Pleasants County, W.Va.
Photo by Erin Malone Pritchett; used with permission.
Mother's Obituary: Oracle, Dec. 18, 1975 - Mrs. Emma M. Streight, 73, of St. Marys, Route 3, died at her home Monday, Dec. 15. - She was born Feb. 15, 1902 in Pleasants County, daughter of the late Eli and Mary Hawkins Ash. She was married to Harry Streight, who died in 1972. - Survivors include three sons, Ralph, Portage, Ind., Jack of Vienna and Glen of Waterford, Ohio; two daughters, Mrs. Deloris Lincoln, Marietta and Mrs. Doris McBrayer, Route 3, St. Marys, with whom she made her home; 28 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Eva Rinard, Whipple, Ohio. - Two sons, James and Donald are deceased. - Mrs. Streight had lived most of life in Pleasants County. She was a member of United Methodist Church. Services will be Thursday in Willow Island Baptist Church with burial in Willow Island Cemetery.
