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DANIELS, Harold Charles - Date of
birth
21 March 1921 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
13083504 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
Medical Aidman -
Unit
Medical Detachment,
517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
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Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
8 February 1945 - Place of
death
Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 11 | 58 |
Immediate family
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Members
George Daniels (father)
Bessie E. (Griffith) Daniels (mother)
Dorothy R. Daniels (sister)
Jack C. Daniels (brother)
Marie E. Daniels (sister)
Margaret L. Daniels (sister)
Jane E. Daniels (sister)
Wilimina Daniels (sister)
Dolores Daniels (sister)
Mary H. Daniels (sister)
More information
Harold C. Daniels was sent overseas on 2 June 1943 with the U.S. Medical Corps. He transferred to the paratroopers while overseas. He first saw service in Africa and Italy.He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously awarded for gallantry in action during operations against the fixed fortifications of the Roco Reveo defenses near Bergstein, Germany, the platoon, to which Cpl Daniels was attached, moved across the open ground when an enemy flare was fired, followed by the firing of machine guns fifty yards away. Corporal Daniels attended three wounded men in full light from illuminating flares during this time. Wounded by mortar fire, he nevertheless carried several wounded men to cover. Due to heavy casualties the company was ordered to withdraw. Cpl Daniels saw many wounded men abandoned. He procured a supply of morphine and voluntarily returned to the field in face of intense enemy barrage, and gave aid to the wounded until he himself was killed by a mortar shell.
Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application file, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - The Indiana Gazette
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Peter Schouteten, The Indiana Gazette - 24 September 1945