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NAME Daniel Russell Fox |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER O-307 |
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| UNIT Division Marine Officer, Battleship Division One, aboard USS Arizona |
HOME OF RECORD 1811 E Ocean Blvd Long Beach, CA originally Pottstown, PA |
NEXT OF KIN Wife, Mrs. Elsie Fox |
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| DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1898 at Shenkel, PA |
ENTERED SERVICE July 29, 1916 (enlisted) April 2, 1921 (commissioned) |
DATE OF LOSS December 7, 1941 |
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| REGION Hawaii |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Pearl Harbor |
CASUALTY TYPE Killed in Action |
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CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Fox was killed in action during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. Although his remains were never found, the Arizona is considered his final resting place. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Purple Heart with Gold Star, Croix de Guerre |
LAST KNOWN RANK Lieutenant Colonel |
STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered. |
MEMORIALS USS Arizona Memorial National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific |
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Comment from Terry McCurdy Albert
October 7, 2016
Lieutenant Colonel Daniel R. Fox was my GreatUncle. Family called him Russel. He was one of 13 children born to William F. & Kathrine Fox.
Comment from Peg Fox
January 12, 2017
Terry, Lt.C. was my husband’s father, I married Dan in 1987. We have the sword. Dan died November of 2016.
Dear Peg,
I’m thrilled to meet you. I’m sorry I didn’t see your post much sooner.
Your father-in-law was my grandmother’s (Pearl E. Fox) brother, and my father’s uncle.
I’ve been working on my genealogy for many years and I’ve always been very interested in Uncle Russell’s military career. Please feel free to contact me any time.
Hi Peg,
Sorry I didn’t reply sooner. I’m not sure my last post made here or this one will be a repeat.
I’m thrilled to hear from you. Your father-in-law was my grandmother, (aka Billie) Pearl’s brother and my dad’s Uncle.
I have always been interested in Russell’s military career because of my genealogy research over the past 31 years.
Please feel free to contact me via email if you’d like.
Lt. Col. Fox was not kin to my mother’s family, but “Uncle Danny” and my grandfather were very close. At the time before Pearl Harbor, both men were Lieutenant Colonels, both were Marines and both had served tours in Nicaragua and in Shanghai as “China Marines”. They spent a lot of time together, especially in Shanghai. “Uncle Danny” and his wife were frequent visitors to the Onley house and vice-versa. My grandfather was Colonel William Baynard Onley, USMC (USNA ’20), wife was Alma (Owens) Onley.
She would often speak of him on December 7th; but our trip to the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor answered a lot of questions about their relationship with the Foxes.We were in the covered area of the memorial (where the wall plaque of the deceased is located) and she spoke to us for some time about “Uncle Danny”, China and various places that both families were stationed. She excused herself from us and spent a few minutes staring at the gun turret that is visible from the memorial that leaks “black tears”. It was a tough day for her… wouldn’t admit it, but you could sense it.
As a military brat, she learned to control her emotions. She was the oldest daughter and thus held rank over younger siblings… you never show them emotion. The fact that she pardoned herself to be alone was her way of grieving. It was the first time she had been to the Memorial (visited in 1978), so I am sure she had held her feelings for a long, long time.
It is interesting to note that he was known to adult family members as Russel. My aunt named her son Russel (“Rusty”) and I never knew from where that particular name came from in the family tree. Perhaps he was named after “Uncle Danny”?
John,
Your remembrance of my great-Uncle is very welcomed, thank you for sharing.
Does anyone have the when Elsie Fox died and where she is buried
Herbert,
Elsie Bowman Wentzel Fox passed away in 1978. She is interred at Highland Memorial Park in Pottstown, PA.