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LTC Daniel Russell Fox
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LTC Daniel Russell Fox

Birth
Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
7 Dec 1941 (aged 43)
Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
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Lt. Colonel Fox was a ranking member of the 88 Marines and one of the 72 Marines killed in action aboard the USS Arizona on 7 Dec 1941. On 4 October 1918, then Sergeant Danny Fox earned the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Service Cross(DSC) and the French Croix de Guerre (the highest French honor) while serving as an infantry Marine with the Fifth Marine Regiment.
FOX, DANIEL R.
Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps
17th Company, 5th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F.
Date of Action: October 4, 1918
Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Daniel R. Fox, Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 17th Company, 5th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action near St. Etienne, France, October 4, 1918. Sergeant Fox volunteered and carried an important message across a heavily shelled area, returning through a barrage to report the result of his mission. Later, after being wounded, he remained on duty for four hours, carrying messages across a field swept by machine-gun fire.
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
Born: at Shenkel, Pennsylvania
Home Town: Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Other Award: Navy Cross (Same Action)
Lt. Colonel Fox was a ranking member of the 88 Marines and one of the 72 Marines killed in action aboard the USS Arizona on 7 Dec 1941. On 4 October 1918, then Sergeant Danny Fox earned the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Service Cross(DSC) and the French Croix de Guerre (the highest French honor) while serving as an infantry Marine with the Fifth Marine Regiment.
FOX, DANIEL R.
Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps
17th Company, 5th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F.
Date of Action: October 4, 1918
Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Daniel R. Fox, Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 17th Company, 5th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action near St. Etienne, France, October 4, 1918. Sergeant Fox volunteered and carried an important message across a heavily shelled area, returning through a barrage to report the result of his mission. Later, after being wounded, he remained on duty for four hours, carrying messages across a field swept by machine-gun fire.
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
Born: at Shenkel, Pennsylvania
Home Town: Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Other Award: Navy Cross (Same Action)

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  • Maintained by: Terry Albert Relative Great-niece/nephew
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56130624/daniel_russell-fox: accessed ), memorial page for LTC Daniel Russell Fox (10 Jul 1898–7 Dec 1941), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56130624, citing Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA; Maintained by Terry Albert (contributor 49138888).