1st Lt. William E. McDaniel
Pilot B-24D "Beautiful Betsy" 42-40387 Missing In Action (MIA) February 26, 1945

Photos of William E. McDaniel prewar–1944

Awards
McDaniel earned the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. Since this aircraft was lost over a non-combat area, he did not earn the Purple Heart, posthumously.

Memorials
McDaniel is memorialized at Manila American Cemetery on the tablets of the missing.

After the recovery of remains, on September 29, 1995 the crew and passengers were buried in a group burial at Arlington National Cemetery at section 34, collective grave 2084.

Relatives
Lorene McDaniel Sands (widow of William McDaniel)
Sandra Kay Proctor (niece of William McDaniel)

References
Pacific Wrecks - B-24D "Beautiful Betsy" 42-40387
Missing Air Crew Report 12758 (MACR 12758) created February 26, 1945
American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - William E. McDaniel "remains recovered"
FindAGrave - 1Lt William E Mcdaniel (memorial marker photo)
FindAGrave - William E McDaniel (Arlington group burial photo)
Thanks to Lorene McDaniel Sands and Sandra Kay Proctor for additional information

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