Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
DANIELS, Elmer D
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Pinellas County, Florida

Military service

Service number
14082248
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 July 1944
Place of death
Cherbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 11 34

Immediate family

Members
Arch F. Daniels (father)
Clara B. Daniels (mother)
Hassie Daniels (brother)
Herbert M. Daniels (brother)
Homer Daniels (brother)
R. A. Daniels (brother)
Gaunitia Daniels (sister)

More information

Pfc Elmer D. Daniels worked as a farm hand.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States at Camp Blanding, Florida on 18 June 1942 and was sent overseas in March. He was killed in the battle of Cherbourg in France.

The Daniels family had been an all-out army family since the war began. Sgt Hassie Daniels was stationed in England as a switchboard operator and the youngest boy, R.A. Daniels, was inducted in January 1945. His brother T/5 Herbert M. Daniels was killed in 16 December 1944 and is buried next to Pfc Daniels.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Army enlistment records, www.wwiimemorial.com - National Archives, www.findagrave.com - CWGC/ABMC, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Tamp Bay Times

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - sirider, www.ancestry.com - Public Member Photos