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Personal info

Full name
BRIDGES, Daniel Earl
Date of birth
31 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Granville County, North Carolina
Hometown
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34008313
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Automatic Rifleman
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Drusenheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Daniel Bridges (father)
Florence (Fowler) Bridges (mother)
Mamie B. Bridges (sister)
James R. Bridges (brother)
Herman C. Bridges (brother)
Nancy P. Bridges (sister)
Ruby J. Bridges (sister)
Evelyn R. Bridges (half-sister)
Aileen (Crawley) Bridges (wife)

More information

Pfc Daniel E. Bridges enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 15 January 1941.
He was married to Aileen Crawley on 3 September 1942
During an unsuccessful attack on Drusenheim made on 10 February 1945, Pfc Bridges was seen to step on a land mine, which inflicted severe wounds. He could not be evacuated before his company was forced back. Although medics, attached to his company, deemed Pfc Bridges' wounds undoubtedly fatal, he was initially listed as missing in action. Nobody was ever recovered by L Company and he has not been identified to this day.

Source of information:

André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com, - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / https://36th-id.frb.io / www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Misty, www.newspapers.com - The News and Observer 20 December 1944