Don C. DeVault

AKA: Donald DeVault
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Full name:Don Charles DeVault
Date of birth:1915
Date of death:1990
Gender:Male
Era:1940s
State:Washington
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Biography

Don C. DeVault was a biophysicist and World War II conscientious objector. He opposed compulsory Civilian Public Service work and was imprisoned; his account of McNeil Island appeared in Prison Etiquette.

Case

Charges: Resistance to compulsory Civilian Public Service — exact statutory count unverified
Sentence: Historical research documents his 1944 departure from Germfask CPS. Scientific biographical literature confirms actual wartime imprisonment, and his published prison account identifies McNeil Island. Exact arrest, sentencing, prison-entry and release dates and actual duration remain unverified.

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