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Personal info

Full name
DANIELS, Herbert M
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Largo, Pinellas County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34242102
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Area of Bergheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 11 33

Immediate family

Members
Arch F. Daniels (father)
Clara B. Daniels (mother)
Elmer D. Daniels (brother)
Hassie Daniels (brother)
R. A. Daniels (brother)
Homer Daniels (brother)
Gaunitia Daniels (sister)

More information

T/5 Herbert M. Daniels enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 4 March 1942.

The Daniels family had been an all-out army family since the war began. Sgt Hassie Daniels was stationed in England as a switchboard operator and the youngest son, R.A. Daniels, enlisted in January 1945. Homer Daniels received a medical discharge from the Army. His brother Elmer D. Daniels was killed on 1 January 1944 and is buried next to him.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.5ad.com, www.ancestry.com - St. Petersburg Times 1-Jan-1945 / Jewish Servicemen Card, www.newspapers.com - Tampa Bay Times

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.ancestry.com - Public Member Photos