Daniel Kreutzer
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Daniel Kreutzer

Daniel J. Kreutzer
Born 1920s.
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Father of [private son (unknown - unknown)], , and [private daughter (1960s - unknown)]
Died 2000s.
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Biography

Daniel Kreutzer was awarded the Purple Heart.
Daniel Kreutzer has German Roots.
Volga German
Descendant of a Volga German

Daniel was born in 1921. Daniel was the eldest son of John Kreutzer and Margaret Knoll. He passed away in 2003 from Prostate Cancer. [1][2]

Army Air Force 15th Airforce Division

Daniel was a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army Air Forces, He enlisted June 1942, and was discharged September 1945, served in the 15th Airforce Division, 343rd Bomber Squadron. He was assigned to the 98th Bomber group. He completed fourteen combat missions He received a Purple Heart, Silver Star Gallantry Medal, Airman Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Europe Africa Middle East Campaign Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Air Gunners Wings. [3]

Daniel Kreutzer is mentioned in the book "Out of the Desert" by John E. Blundell, page 35: "I made my co-pilot, Lt. Don Johnson of Akron, OH, and MY RADIO OPERATOR, S. SGT. DAN KREUTZER OF DERBY, CO., stay up front at their stations when the fighting first started. Bullets just missed my head twice, so I figured they might be needed. LATER KREUTZER WENT BACK AND MANNED A GUN AND JOINED THE FIGHT. KREUTZER, Cox, and Hendricks WERE WOUNDED IN THE FIGHT BUT REFUSED TO LEAVE THEIR GUNS. A 20mm enemy shell entered the plane and then exploded inside the plane wounding Hendricks. It did something to the rest of us to see those men fight back when it would have been so easy for them to give up. It made me proud I was one of them."[4]

Sources

  1. 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Big Creek, Ellis, Kansas; Roll: 701; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 166.0; FHL microfilm: 2340436
  2. 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Derby, Adams, Colorado; Roll: T627_454; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 1-33
  3. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
  4. Blundell, John E., "Out of the Desert", p. 35
  • Ancestry Family Trees
  • U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97962326
  • U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  • U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
  • Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-Current

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