Rank/Rate	Signalman, Third Class
Service Number	287 42 11
Birth Date	February 3, 1923
From	Salem, Indiana
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Grunion (SS-216)
Loss Date	July 30, 1942
Location	Near entrance to Kiska Harbor, Alaska
Circumstances	Sunk by armed Japanese freighter Kano Maru
Remarks	Daniel was born in Canton, Indiana. "Dan graduated Red Bird High School, Beverly, Kentucky, in 1940. Red Bird was a boarding school in the eastern hills of Kentucky.  He gave the salutatory address.  Honorable Keen Johnson, Governor of Kentucky, spoke at graduation."

Photo, information, and remarks courtesy of Pat Allen Pare, sister.

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