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Carlquist, Daniel Ellsworth, 1896-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1896 - 1988

Biography

Daniel Carlquist (1896-) was a soldier in World War II.

Daniel Ellsworth Carlquist was born July 25, 1896, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Carl Arvid Carlquist and Hulda Augusta Natalia Ostergren. Daniel married Lila McKinney on January 5, 1920, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Daniel served in the United States Air Force during WWI in a balloon squadron. Daniel died on December 12, 1988, in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 92.

Citation:
FamilySearch, May 2, 2024 (Daniel Ellsworth Carlquist was born July 25, 1896, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Carl Arvid Carlquist and Hulda Augusta Natalia Ostergren. Daniel married Lila McKinney on January 5, 1920, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Daniel served in the United States Air Force during WWI in a balloon squadron. Daniel died on December 12, 1988, in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 92) https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/KWC2-46Y

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Daniel Ellsworth Carlquist memoirs of American balloon corps

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3196
Scope and Contents

Includes an autobiography of his early life as well as the time he spent in World War I and of meeting his wife following his return home to the United States. Also included are 3 issues of "Haul Down and Ease Off," a quarterly publication of the National Association of American Balloon Corps Veterans.

Dates: 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Daniel Ellsworth Carlquist memoirs of American balloon corps

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  • Subject: World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations X

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