World War II Honoree

Floyd F. Daniel

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Pascagoula, Mississippi

Honored By

Evia T. Daniel

Relationship

Wife

SERVED IN THE 22ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS OF NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE AND RHINELAND. WOUNDED IN ACTION IN FRANCE, AUGUST 1944; GERMANY, NOVEMBER 1944. RECEIVED THE European-African-Middle Eastern CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE STARS AND ARROWHEAD, PURPLE HEART WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER, EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. PERMANENT DISABILITY DISCHARGE IN MARCH 1948 AFTER SPENDING 3 1/2 YEARS IN ARMY HOSPITAL.