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Personal info

Full name
DALY, William Joseph
Date of birth
11 May 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
New York, New York
Hometown
Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32309120
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
1 October 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Volpe (stepfather)
Burt Fread (stepfather)
Ethel S. (Kennellie) Volpe (mother)
Anthony Volpe (half brother)
Dorothy Dewitt (half sister)
Burt Dewitt (half brother)
John Fread (half brother)

More information

Pfc William J. Daly enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 17 June 1942.

He is officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Pfc William J Daly is remembered at Shoreland Memorial Gardens in Hazlet, Monmouth County, New Jersey with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record, Find a Grave, WWII Draft Card, 1930, 1940 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com, Casper and Judy Everhard