Michael J Daly-Fairfield CT
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World War II Medal of Honor Recipient for action at Nuremberg, Germany on April 18, 1945. He is buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield CT in Section J, Lot 146.
Waymark Code: WMWY0P
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 10/28/2017
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He was born on September 15, 1924 in Manhattan NY and died on July 25, 2008 in Fairfield CT. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: DALY, MICHAEL J.
• Rank and organization: Captain (then Lieutenant), U.S. Army, Company A, 15th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division
• Place and date: Nuremberg, Germany, 18 April 1945
• Entered service at: Southport, Conn.
• G.O. No.: 77, 10 September 1945
Citation: Early in the morning of 18 April 1945, he led his company through the shell-battered, sniper-infested wreckage of Nuremberg, Germany. When blistering machinegun fire caught his unit in an exposed position, he ordered his men to take cover, dashed forward alone, and, as bullets whined about him, shot the 3-man guncrew with his carbine. Continuing the advance at the head of his company, he located an enemy patrol armed with rocket launchers which threatened friendly armor. He again went forward alone, secured a vantage point and opened fire on the Germans. Immediately he became the target for concentrated machine pistol and rocket fire, which blasted the rubble about him. Calmly, he continued to shoot at the patrol until he had killed all 6 enemy infantrymen. Continuing boldly far in front of his company, he entered a park, where as his men advanced, a German machinegun opened up on them without warning. With his carbine, he killed the gunner; and then, from a completely exposed position, he directed machinegun fire on the remainder of the crew until all were dead. In a final duel, he wiped out a third machinegun emplacement with rifle fire at a range of 10 yards. By fearlessly engaging in 4 single-handed fire fights with a desperate, powerfully armed enemy, Lt. Daly, voluntarily taking all major risks himself and protecting his men at every opportunity, killed 15 Germans, silenced 3 enemy machineguns and wiped out an entire enemy patrol. His heroism during the lone bitter struggle with fanatical enemy forces was an inspiration to the valiant Americans who took Nuremberg.
Armed Service: Army
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