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Personal info

Full name
NEWELL, Daniel James "Dannie"
Date of birth
16 April 1914
Age
31
Place of birth
Lee County, North Carolina
Hometown
Jonesboro, Lee County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34450484
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
168th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
27 March 1946
Place of death
Near St. Goar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
James J. Newell (father)
Sarah C. (Pierce) Newell (mother)
Thomas J. Newell (brother)
Henry B. Newell (brother)
Annie J. Newell (sister)
Effie G. Newell (sister)
Myrtle L. Newell (sister)
Mary C. Newell (sister)
Pauline F. Newell (sister)

More information

T/5 Daniel J. Newell was officially declared dead one year and one day after he was reported missing in action. At that time his unit was fighting in the vicinity of St. Goar, Germany.

He is remembered at the Pierce Cemetery in Lee County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Shouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Rosser Burns Family Tree
Photo source: Peter Schouteten