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Personal info

Full name
DALTON, Edward Francis
Date of birth
24 April 1895
Age
49
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O-171095
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Function
unknown
Unit
Civil Affairs Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 14 3

Immediate family

Members
Edward Dalton (father)
Ellen (McDonald) Dalton (mother)
William Dalton (brother)
Helen Dalton (sister)
Josephine Dalton (sister)
James Dalton (brother)
Francis Dalton (brother)
Ann (Dautel) Dalton (wife)
Deborah A. Dalton (daughter)

More information

Edward F. Dalton graduated from the High School of Commerce and Suffolk Law School.

He was a former professional baseball player, a veteran of World War I and a practicing lawyer in Newton and Boston for 20 years as a member of the Boston law firm, Greer, Sibley and Dalton.

He died aboard a plane while being flown home.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, WWII Draft Card, 1920 US Census, The Boston Globe - 05 April 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Boston Traveler - 28 April 1942