Chaplain Col. Wendell "Dan" Danielson

Dan was born in Alabama, the son of a pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church, in 1936. He

moved often during his school years and graduated from Kaiserslautern High School in

Germany.

He attended North Park College and Seminary, Augustana College, Boston University, and

Long Island University. Before entering active duty in 1965, he served the Morningside

Covenant Church in Rockford, Illinois for three years.

He is a graduate of the Chaplain Basic and Advanced Courses and the Command and General

Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Assignments include:

82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina;

101st Airborne Division, Vietnam;

USA Schools, Munich, Germany;

Post Chaplain, Murnau, Germany;

196th Infantry Brigade, Vietnam;

9th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington;

Religious Retreat House, Berchtesgaden, Germany;

Division Chaplain, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado;

Personnel Division, Chief of Chaplains Office, Washington D.C.;

Staff Chaplain, Army Materiel Command (AMC), Washington D.C.;

Post Chaplain, Fort Devens, Massachusetts.

Chaplain Danielson retired from the US Army Chaplaincy in 1989, whereafter he served three

Evangelical Covenant Churches in Colorado.

Dan was married to the former Marilyn Erickson of Denver, Colorado. They have two sons, Mark

(wife Annie) and Aaron (wife Helen), and son Keith Roger (born 12/30/1966, died 5/24/1968).

Dan has nine grandchildren; two sisters, Myrna (husband Bill) Orris, and Joyce Danielson, and

two brothers-in-law, Eric (wife Toni) Erickson, and Duane (wife Nanette) Erickson.