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Personal info

Full name
CROLL, Daniel Weber
Date of birth
2 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33622159
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 24 42

Immediate family

Members
Claude A. Croll (father)
Alma K. (Weber) Croll (mother)
Robert W. Croll (brother)

More information

Pfc Daniel W. Croll graduated from Boyertown High School in 1942 and was employed at the Boyertown Burial Casket Company.

He enlisted in Allantown, Pennsylvania on 1 April 1943 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

His father, Claude A. Croll, was a veteran of World War I.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bickel Family Tree / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - Pottstown Mercury
Photo source: -, www.ancestry.com - Boyertown Area High School Yearbook 1942