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Dana Armand McNew
Jeremy Anderson2021-04-25T11:26:37-05:00
- Name: Dana Armand McNew
- Location of Birth: Pennington, Minnesota
- Date of Birth: October 5, 1919
- Date of Death: August 1, 1973
- Parents: Harold McNew & Isabel (Young) McNew
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- Highest Rank: S SGT (Staff Sergeant)
- Branch: Army
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- Date Sworn In: June 2, 1942
- Place Sworn In: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Date of Discharge: June 25, 1945
- Place of Discharge:
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- Military Highlights:
WW II Draft Registration Cards – 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947
State: Minnesota
Name: Dana Armand McNew
Race: White
Age: 21
Birth Date: October 5, 1919
Birth Place: Pennington, Minnesota, USA
Residence Place: Grand Rapids, Itasca, Minnesota, USA
Registration Date: October 16, 1940
Employer: Student, Senior High School, Dist. #1, Grand Rapids, Itasca, Minnesota
Weight: 145
Height: 5-8
Complexion: Light Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Next of Kin: Harold McNew, father, R.F.D., Northome, Minnesota
- Wars Involved:
World War II
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Dana McNew was a resident of the Dora Lake community before serving with the Army Air Force in the European theater in World War II. He had been a telegrapher for the Burlington Northern railroad for 27 years and had been a Grand Rapids, Minnesota resident for that time. Dana married Dorothy Voges in Grand Rapids in 1946. He was a member of the Ponti-Peterson VFW post and the Brotherhood of Railway Telegraphers and Clerks.
Dana died in the Minneapolis, Minnesota VA hospital after a long illness. He is buried in the Squaw Lake Cemetery, Squaw Lake, Minnesota (Section 2, Row 9). He is survived by his wife Dorothy (Dodie); two daughters, Mrs. James Thomas and Jenny; two sons, Dale and Michael; his mother, Mrs. William Belanger; three sisters, Eileen Opsohl, Kathleen Litchke, and Shirley Sumbs; two brothers, Wallace and Donald; and two grandchildren.
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