page_title: Hugh Spencer Daniel
hierarchical_section_title: Hugh Spencer Daniel
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of my uncle, Hugh Spencer Daniel
context_page_description: Hugh Spencer Daniel was a United States Marine Corps Reservist who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. The destroyer escort USS Daniel was named after him.
  Daniel was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve on June 9, 1941. Joining USS Hornet on 19 October 1941, he remained on board until shortly before his death 2 days after the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on October 26, 1942. His rank was Private First Class.
  Picture of Hugh Spencer Daniel
context_section_description: Hugh Spencer Daniel (December 26, 1923 – October 28, 1942) was a United States Marine Corps Reservist who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. The destroyer escort USS Daniel (DE-335) was named after him.
  Daniel was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve on June 9, 1941. Joining USS Hornet (CV-8) on 19 October 1941, he remained on board until shortly before his death 2 days after the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on October 26, 1942.  His rank was Private First Class.
  Picture of Hugh Spencer Daniel
caption: Hugh Spencer Daniel
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