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Contact Info
Home Town Buena Vista
Date of Passing Jan 13, 1996
Location of Interment Green Hill Cemetery - Buena Vista, Virginia
John McDaniel was a veteran of World War II as a Seabee in the 53rd Naval Construction Battalion, 1st Marine Amphibious Group and participated in the Bougainville campaign and the capture and liberation of Guam. He was also a veteran of the Korean Conflict in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers attaining the rank of Corporal. He was wounded in the Battle of Old Baldy on 25 Jan 1953 while serving with Company B, 13th Engineer Battalion, 7th Infantry Division.
Name:
John A McDaniel
Race:
White
Home State:
Virginia
Casualty Date:
25 Jan 1953
Casualty Country:
North Korea Sector
Casualty Type:
Returned to Duty (FECOM)
Group:
Returned to Duty (FECOM)
Branch:
Corps of Engineers
Component:
USA - RA (Reg Army)
Rank:
Private E-2
Pay Grade:
Private E-2
Previous Detail:
Wounded in action by missile, hospitalized
Disposed Date:
6 Feb 1953
Disposed Place:
North Korea
Organization:
In Div - 7th
Element Sequence:
Cv Div Eng C Bn
Unit #:
0013
Service Occupation:
Combat Construction Foreman
Also casualties in the 13th Engr Bn at Old Baldy on 25 Jan 1953 were:
Seaman 1st Class John A. McDaniel was authorized to wear the Shoulder insignia for Seabees on 28 Dec 1944 while assigned to the 53rd Naval Construction Battalion, 1st Marine Amphibious Corps.
Description (Northern Solomons Campaign 22 February 1943 to 21 November 1944) After the conquest of Guadalcanal, Halsey’s forces, supported by Thirteenth Air Force, began a campaign to capture Japanese strongholds in the Northern Solomons. In February 1943 American forces landed in the Russell Islands to obtain an air strip. Air bases at Munda (New Georgia) and on Kolombangara Island were attacked as the Allies fought to gain superiority in the air. American troops landed on Rendova and on New Georgia at the end of June. The air base at Munda was taken in August, and the base on Kolombangara was neutralized. Landings were made in the Treasury Islands in October. Allied air power struck the great Japanese naval and air bases at Rabaul on New Britain to support the assault on Bougainville, which began on I November 1943. Enemy garrisons on Bougainville were contained, and other Japanese forces in the Northern Solomons were isolated. Although the enemy continued to resist, American air and naval power dominated the Solomons.
