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Personal info

Full name
PAYSON, Daniel Carroll
Date of birth
30 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Manhasset, Long Island, Nassau County, New York
Hometown
Merrimack County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
32983608
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 January 1945
Place of death
Salm River - Toward Grand Bois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 6 5

Immediate family

Members
Charles S. Payson (father)
Joan (Whitney) Payson (mother)
Sandra H. Payson (sister)
Lorenda Payson (sister)
Payne Payson (sister)
John Payson (brother)

More information

Pfc Daniel C. Payson enlisted in August 1943 and was selected for the A.S.T.P. training., and was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Aimee Fogg, Erwin Derhaag, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com,
www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record, http://library.sps.edu/06archives/war/ww2/pdf/Payson_Daniel_Carroll.pdf - St.Paul's School War Book,
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) - 7 February 1945, http://75thdivisiondad.com

Photo source: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, http://library.sps.edu/06archives/war/ww2/pdf/Payson_Daniel_Carroll.pdf - St.Paul's School War Book