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Personal info

Full name
DAILEY, Claude Emerson
Date of birth
1 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Napa, Napa County, California
Hometown
Napa, Napa County, California

Military service

Service number
39053548
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kehman, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 10 13

Immediate family

Members
Claude H. Dailey (father)
Elinor N. (Walker) Dailey (mother)
Elton Dailey (brother)
Ruth F. (O’Connor) Dailey (wife)
Claudia A. Dailey (daughter)
Claude Daily Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt Claude E. Dailey attended high school for two years and was a truck driver before he enlisted on 16 October 1940.
In front of the positions of C Company was a German minefield where the remains of seven members of the company were found, surrounded by mess kits, likely the remains of a Christmas dinner. Possibly the men ate their meals and headed back towards the foxholes when somebody triggered the mines.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Lisa Bush Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten