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Contact Info
Home Town Portland
Last Address Naval Air Station, Miami
Date of Passing Feb 07, 2017
Location of Interment Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery - Portland, Oregon
Ensign F. E. Daniel, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Emmett of 4805 N. Vancouver Avenue, was killed in an airplane crash at the Naval Air Station, Miami, Fla., February 7, according to word received by his parents from naval authorities.
Ensign Daniel was married January 9 to Margaret Montgomery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Montgomery of Newberg. They had been spending their honeymoon at Miami, where Ensign Daniel was stationed, and were to have returned to Portland within a few weeks. Mrs. Daniel is bringing the body to Portland for burial. The funeral date has not been announced.
From the Oregonian, 16 Feb. 1943:
Funeral Set For Ensign.
Funeral services for Ensign Floyd Edwin Daniel, 22, killed in an airplane crash at Miami, Fla., February 7, will be held Tuesday at 3 P. M. at the Little Chapel of the Chimes. Interment will be at Lincoln Memorial Park.
Ensign Daniel, son of Mrs. Catherine Emmett, 4805 N. Vancouver Avenue, and Floyd O. Daniel, Echo, was born at Boyd, Or., on December 27, 1920. He attended Canby High School and was at Pacific University when he enlisted in the naval reserve on December 8, 1941.
He was commissioned an ensign January 9, 1942 and married Margaret Montgomery of Newberg on that same day.
Other Comments:
From the Oregonian, 2 Sept. 1942:
Cadets Reach Station.
Two Portland naval aviation cadets, having completed elimination training, have arrived at the United States Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Tex., to start flight instruction that leads to wings and commissions, either in the naval or the marine corps reserves.
The latest Portland arrivals to Corpus Christi are Floyd E. Daniel and Thomas W. Watts, Jr.
From the Oregonian, 22 Jan. 1943:
Portlander Wins Wings, Others Soon to Qualify.
Graduation of a naval aviation cadet from Portland as an ensign and the progress of several other Oregon naval cadets who are on their way to earn the gold wings of navy fliers have been reported from several naval aviation stations.
At Corpus Christi, Tex., Floyd Edwin Daniel, son of Mrs. Jean B. Emmett, 4805 N. Vancouver Avenue, was commissioned an ensign upon completion of his flight training. He is a former student at Pacific College, Newberg.
World War II/American Theater
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
September / 1945
Description The American Theater was a minor area of operations during World War II. This was mainly due to both North and South America's geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict in Europe and Asia. Thus, any threat by the Axis Powers to invade the mainland United States or other areas was considered negligible, allowing for American resources to be deployed in overseas theaters.
This article includes attacks on continental territory, extending 200 miles (320 km) into the ocean, which is today under the sovereignty of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and several other smaller states, but excludes military action involving the Danish territory of Greenland, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Aleutian Islands. The most well known battles in North America during World War II were the Attack on Pearl Harbor (the first attack on US soil since the Battle of Ambos Nogales), the Aleutian Islands Campaign, the Battle of the St. Lawrence, and the attacks on Newfoundland.
