Pvt. Dondaro — Story of G.I. Joe Character Profile

About Pvt. Dondaro

An infantryman in Company C who survives the brutal campaigns and ultimately bears the emotional burden of leading the mule carrying Lieutenant Walker's body to the grave.

Character Facts

Played by

Wally Cassell

Appears in

Story of G.I. Joe (1945)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (1)

• Pvt. Dondaro — Social Friend & Subject — Ernie Pyle (Burgess Meredith)

  Ernie gets to know Pvt. Dondaro and later witnesses his grief over Walker's death.

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