This memorial is a Cenotaph - Sgt. Everett N. McDaniel was Lost at Sea during World War II.
See also Memorial Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Sargent Everett N. McDaniel served as a Sergeant in E Company, 262nd Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division and was awarded the Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal. He is listed as Missing in Action - Lost At Sea. He was aboard the Belgian Troop Transport Ship "Leopoldville" which was sunk by German Submarine U-486 at 49° 45'N, 1° 34'W - Grid BF 3553. At 17.54 hours on 24 Dec 1944 the Leopoldville (Master Charles Limbor) in convoy WEP-3 was hit by one of two torpedoes from U-486 about five miles off Cherbourg and sank over the stern at 20.40 hours. The ship carried 2235 officers and ratings of the US 66th Infantry Division and a crew of 139 men. The master, 55 crew members and 763 soldiers were lost.
See also Memorial Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Sargent Everett N. McDaniel served as a Sergeant in E Company, 262nd Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division and was awarded the Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal. He is listed as Missing in Action - Lost At Sea. He was aboard the Belgian Troop Transport Ship "Leopoldville" which was sunk by German Submarine U-486 at 49° 45'N, 1° 34'W - Grid BF 3553. At 17.54 hours on 24 Dec 1944 the Leopoldville (Master Charles Limbor) in convoy WEP-3 was hit by one of two torpedoes from U-486 about five miles off Cherbourg and sank over the stern at 20.40 hours. The ship carried 2235 officers and ratings of the US 66th Infantry Division and a crew of 139 men. The master, 55 crew members and 763 soldiers were lost.
This memorial is a Cenotaph - Sgt. Everett N. McDaniel was Lost at Sea during World War II.
See also Memorial Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Sargent Everett N. McDaniel served as a Sergeant in E Company, 262nd Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division and was awarded the Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal. He is listed as Missing in Action - Lost At Sea. He was aboard the Belgian Troop Transport Ship "Leopoldville" which was sunk by German Submarine U-486 at 49° 45'N, 1° 34'W - Grid BF 3553. At 17.54 hours on 24 Dec 1944 the Leopoldville (Master Charles Limbor) in convoy WEP-3 was hit by one of two torpedoes from U-486 about five miles off Cherbourg and sank over the stern at 20.40 hours. The ship carried 2235 officers and ratings of the US 66th Infantry Division and a crew of 139 men. The master, 55 crew members and 763 soldiers were lost.
See also Memorial Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Sargent Everett N. McDaniel served as a Sergeant in E Company, 262nd Infantry Regiment, 66th Infantry Division and was awarded the Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal. He is listed as Missing in Action - Lost At Sea. He was aboard the Belgian Troop Transport Ship "Leopoldville" which was sunk by German Submarine U-486 at 49° 45'N, 1° 34'W - Grid BF 3553. At 17.54 hours on 24 Dec 1944 the Leopoldville (Master Charles Limbor) in convoy WEP-3 was hit by one of two torpedoes from U-486 about five miles off Cherbourg and sank over the stern at 20.40 hours. The ship carried 2235 officers and ratings of the US 66th Infantry Division and a crew of 139 men. The master, 55 crew members and 763 soldiers were lost.
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Everett N McDaniel
Missouri, SGT, US Army, WWII
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