Name:
Edgar Russell Danby
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-1016138
Unit:
756th Tank Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-08-27
State:
Michigan
Cemetery:
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Kentucky
Plot:
Section E Site 51-52
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When Edgar Russell Danby was born in 1911 in Canada, his father, Septimus, was 34 and his mother, Jane, was 30. He married Maxine Robinson on June 22, 1935, in Wyandotte, Michigan. They had three children during their marriage. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a First Lieutenant in the 756th Tank Battalion. He entered service in Michigan. He died on August 27, 1944 during the invasion of southern France. He is now buried at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA.