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Personal info

Full name
DAILY, Ace Wailen
Date of birth
31 July 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Iola, Allen County, Kansas
Hometown
Salem, Marion County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
6560311
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
Insenborn, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 3 3

Immediate family

Members
Asa C. Daily (father)
Fannie E. R. (Hiser) Daily (mother)
Chrissie L. Daily (sister)
Gertrude E. Daily (sister)
George F. Daily (brother)
Elsie F. Daily (sister)
Agnes O. Daily (sister)
Lila (Greene) Daily (wife)
Lila M. Daily (daughter)
Asa R. Daily (son)

More information

Pvt Ace W. Daily attended high school for four years and was a driver before he enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 19 January 1944. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

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 / Daily Swainston Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Erick Ackerman, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com – The Capital Journal 3 February 1945, www.ancestry.com - snoopyfreak