Missing information?

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

Submit

Personal info

Full name
ROOTE, Daniel Reuben
Date of birth
12 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Mehoopany Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Chemung County, New York

Military service

Service number
32836553
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Near Philippsbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 39 8

Immediate family

Members
Albert B. Roote (father)
Kathryn E. (Pond) Roote (mother)
Donald R. Roote (brother)
Albert B. Roote Jr. (brother)
Elden K. Roote (brother)
Gerald Roote (brother)
Mary L. Roote (sister)
Dorthy M. Roote (sister)

More information

Pfc Daniel R. Roote attended high school for 2 years before he enlisted in Binghamton, New York on 27 January 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Roote Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - Star-Gazette, www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – C D Roote