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Personal info

Full name
DALE, Daniel William
Date of birth
15 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32828158
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 21 14

Immediate family

Members
William A. Dale (father)
Anna Dale (mother)
Anna Dale (sister)
Catherine (Malley) Dale (wife)

More information

Sgt Daniel W. Dale enlisted in New York on 9 March 1943.

He was reported wounded in action near the Dam of Schwammenaul in the Hürtgenwald, Germany.

Source of information: Jac Engels, Peter Schouteten, Pieter van de Laarschot, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - National Archives / ABMC Cemeteries, www.findagrave.com - James L. Cooper, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census

Photo source: Pieter van de Laarschot