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Personal info

Full name
WAIS, Dan Albert
Date of birth
23 November 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Wyoming, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35788495
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
714th Bombardment Squadron,
448th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 June 1944
Place of death
Near Hamburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 19 15

Immediate family

Members
Albert Wais (father)
Selena T. Prindle (mother)
Sally Wais (sister)
Robert C. Wais (brother)
David W. Wais (brother)
Melva (Wandstrat) Wais (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-51119
Data
Type: B-24
MACR: 5929

More information

Sgt Dan (Daniel) A. Wais was employed at Wiles Tool Works.

He enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 11 February 1943.

Sgt Wais is remembered at Oak Hill Cemetery in Glendale, Hamilton County, Ohio.

Source of information: Kathy McDermott, Army Air Forces, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Cincinnati Enquirer, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Wendy Lensink, www.findagrave.com, The Cincinnati Post - 20 July 1944