Daniel S. Alaniz

  • ASN:
    18048732
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    March 31, 1921
  • DATE OF DEATH
    May 9, 2006
FULL NAME:

Daniel San Miguel Alaniz

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

18048732

  • DATE OF BIRTH: March 31, 1921
  • DATE OF DEATH: May 9, 2006
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII)

San Antonio, Texas

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Feb 2, 1941
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Fort Sam Houston, Texas
ORGANIZATION
  • MAIN UNIT:
    38th Infantry Regiment
  • SUBUNIT:
    Company I, 3rd Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN)
  • RANK:
    Private First Class (Pfc.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Rifleman
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS

✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS)

🎖Purple Heart, 🎖American Campaign Medal, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖Combat Infantry Badge

STATUS
  • CATEGORY:
    Wounded In Action (WIA)
  • DATE:
    Jun 16, 1944
  • LOCATION:
    Near Cerisy-la-Forêt, Normandy, France
  • NOTES:
    Medical Diagnosis - First Location: Thoracic wall, generally; Second Diagnosis: Aneurysm of artery (except aorta) (non-syphilitic) (non-traumatic) or Aneurysm of artery (except aorta) (non-syphilitic); Third Diagnosis: Paralysis, nerve, other & unspecified. / Medical Treatment - Closure of wound, delayed (suture, secondary to wound) (delayed closure)
HONORED BY:

Joe and Daniel Alaniz, Grandsons

NARA - Display Full Records

File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

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SOLDIER RECORD:
Full Name
Daniel Alaniz
Army Serial Number
18048732
Enlistment Place
Ft Sam Houston Texas
Enlistment Date
2 Feb 1941
Army Branch
Infantry
Branch
Army
Race or Ethnicity
Others
Residence
Webb County, Texas
Source of Army Personnel
Civil Life
Army Component
Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Level of Education
2 years of high school
Marital Status
Single, without dependents
Birth Date
1921
Birth Place
Texas
Source Box Number
0271
Source Film Reel Number
2.128
Conflict Period
World War II
Served for
United States of America

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