Carl E. Danner, Jr. was born 3 April 1917. He was the son of Mr. & Mrs. Carl E. Danner, Sr. of Marion, Ohio. Carl Danner went by “Junior.” Danner graduated from Harding High School, Class of 1935. Lieutenant Danner was working as an intelligence officer in the Army and was also qualified to check student pilots.
Lt. Carl E. Danner was killed as the result of an air accident in which the plane he was in struck high tension wires. The plane went down nearly striking an automobile on the highway. Danner was trapped in the cockpit, but a student pilot was able to escape the wreckage. The accident occurred near San Diego, California on 5 February 1942.
Lt. Carl E. Danner, Jr. is buried in the Marion Cemetery.
Lt. Carl E. Danner, Jr. is remembered on the Honor Roll, at the Veterans Memorial Park in Marion, Ohio; and on the World War II Veterans Memorial Wall, at the Marion Cemetery.
Honoring Marion Ohio Veterans 