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Personal info

Full name
DAY, John P III
Date of birth
10 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13154358
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Automatic Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division,
2nd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 November 1944
Place of death
Standdaarbuiten, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 13 22

Immediate family

Members
John T. Day Jr. (father)
Anna M. Day (mother)
Dolores Day (sister)

More information

Pfc John P. Day attended high school for three years and worked in a textile factory.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 23 November 1942.

During the initial attack on Standdaarbuiten, Pfc Day who manned a BAR automatic rifle, was the only casualty of 2nd Platoon. He was in a field in his slit trench when a German soldier advanced and fired. Pfc Day was killed instantly by rifle fire at close distance.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch,  www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania U.S. Veteran Compensation Application Files, www.wehrmacht-awards.com - forum / Colorado Cowboy / Chaplain Captain Father John Quinn

Photo source: http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com, Terry Hirsch