Eldridge Maurice Daniels
Specialist Four
D CO, 554TH ENG BN, 79TH ENG GROUP, 20TH ENG BDE, USARV ENG CMD, USARV
Army of the United States
Chicago, Illinois
April 20, 1945 to January 03, 1969
ELDRIDGE M DANIELS is on the Wall at Panel W35, Line 25

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11 Apr 2008

Daddy, I never really got to know you, however I still miss you after all these years, and I am even more curious about you and how you died.

I am proud of you for serving this country.

From his daughter,
Sheila Daniels-Humphrey
mzsheila67@yahoo.com


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Fifteen members of D Company, 554th Engineer Bn, died on 03 Jan 1969 when the battalion mess hall at Cu Chi was mined:
  • SP5 Ronald K. Bloom, Lakewood, CO
  • SP5 Donald W. Brown, Madison, IN
  • SP5 Moises A. Reyes, El Paso, TX
  • SP5 Michael J. Unsinn, Green Bay, WI
  • SP5 Ted A. White, Dickinson, AL
  • SP4 Paul W. Barnett, Dustin, OK
  • SP4 Glenn E. Case, Live Oak, CA
  • SP4 Joseph P. Colasurdo, Edison, NJ
  • SP4 Eldridge M. Daniels, Chicago, IL
  • SP4 Jerry Dunlap, Malvern, AR
  • SP4 Patrick C. Golliher, Granada Hills, CA
  • SP4 Dennis J. Stanley, Atascadero, CA
  • SP4 Waldon J. Swart, Spicer, MN
  • SP4 Gerhard W. Vanderford, Corinth, MS
  • SP4 Freddy T. Williams, Friona, TX
Five and a half months later, on 21 May, elements of the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry, and the ARVN 132nd Regional Force Company conducted a cordon and search operation of Giong Viec Hamlet located between Phuoc My and Cu Chi. ARVN soldiers promptly captured a VC squad leader who said there were 20 other VC in the hamlet. The RF Company and two platoons from Company B/1/5 made a sweep of the area, finding a number of Viet Cong dead and capturing six VC along with weapons, ammunition and equipment.

Among the POWs was a nurse who had previously worked for the 554th Engineer Battalion. The nurse was instrumental in the capture of 3 females employed at Cu Chi Base Camp who worked for the VC and were involved in the mining of the 554th Engineer Battalion mess hall.


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