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Personal info

Full name
DALEY, Nicholas J
Date of birth
15 November 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31454412
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Merscheid – Hoscheid, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 39

Immediate family

Members
Edward F. Daley (father)
Bridget Daley (mother)
Edward N. Daley (brother)
Richard J. Daley (brother)
Cornelius F. Daley (brother)
Irene M Daley (sister)
Sara G. Daley (sister)
John Daley (brother)
Barbara Daley (wife)
Joan B. Daley (daughter)

More information

Pfc Nicholas J. Daley was employed as foreman at A. C. Lawrence Leathers, a division of Swift & Company.

He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 9 March 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Lebicz and Price Family