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SWEENEY, Daniel - Date of
birth
1 February 1909 -
Age
36 - Place of
birth
Cork, Ireland -
Hometown
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32055318 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
20 December 1945 - Place of
death
Near Scheibenhardt, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Elizabeth Sweeney (sister)
More information
S/Sgt Daniel Sweeney attended high school for two years before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 28 November 1940.He was officially declared dead one year and one day after he was reported missing in action. At that time his unit was fighting in the vicinity of Scheibenhardt, Germany.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten