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Personal info

Full name
FOLEY, Daniel James
Date of birth
25 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Laurel, Yellowstone County, Montana
Hometown
Laurel, Yellowstone County, Montana

Military service

Service number
O1291615
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Near Haraucourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 35

Immediate family

Members
Daniel G. Foley (father)
Rose A. (Leonard) Foley (mother)
Joseph F. Foley (brother)
Mary J. Foley (sister)
Leonard E. Foley (brother)
Rose E. Foley (sister)
John P. Foley (brother)
Sara A. Foley (sister)
Leo B. Foley (brother)
Juanita D. (Smith) Foley (wife)

More information

1st Lt Daniel J. Foley attended Laurel schools and high school for four years and was a car shop employee of the Northern Pacific Railway before he enlisted at Fort Missoula, Montana on 8 April 1941. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Laurel Outlook Montana 29 November 1944, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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