PFC Sauve joined the US Marine Corps on 19 Nov 1964 and after training was assigned to Hotel Co 2d Battalion, 4th Marines 3d MARDIV.
His unit was deployed to Vietnam where he participated in several large operations, the first being Operation Starlite.
In January 1966 he was transferred to H&S Co where a tragic event occurred that would end his life. While in their living quarters in the vicinity of Da Nang, the Marines were singing when one of them began to strum a M-14 rifle as if he was playing a guitar. Unknown to the man the rifle was loaded, there was an accidental discharge and a shot rang out stricking and causing the death of PFC Sauve.
Daniel had planned to join the St Laurent Police Force upon completion of his service, but now in death, his body would be escorted back to St Laurent, Quebec by a Marine Guard of Honor to be buried in the Family Plot.
His unit was deployed to Vietnam where he participated in several large operations, the first being Operation Starlite.
In January 1966 he was transferred to H&S Co where a tragic event occurred that would end his life. While in their living quarters in the vicinity of Da Nang, the Marines were singing when one of them began to strum a M-14 rifle as if he was playing a guitar. Unknown to the man the rifle was loaded, there was an accidental discharge and a shot rang out stricking and causing the death of PFC Sauve.
Daniel had planned to join the St Laurent Police Force upon completion of his service, but now in death, his body would be escorted back to St Laurent, Quebec by a Marine Guard of Honor to be buried in the Family Plot.
PFC Sauve joined the US Marine Corps on 19 Nov 1964 and after training was assigned to Hotel Co 2d Battalion, 4th Marines 3d MARDIV.
His unit was deployed to Vietnam where he participated in several large operations, the first being Operation Starlite.
In January 1966 he was transferred to H&S Co where a tragic event occurred that would end his life. While in their living quarters in the vicinity of Da Nang, the Marines were singing when one of them began to strum a M-14 rifle as if he was playing a guitar. Unknown to the man the rifle was loaded, there was an accidental discharge and a shot rang out stricking and causing the death of PFC Sauve.
Daniel had planned to join the St Laurent Police Force upon completion of his service, but now in death, his body would be escorted back to St Laurent, Quebec by a Marine Guard of Honor to be buried in the Family Plot.
His unit was deployed to Vietnam where he participated in several large operations, the first being Operation Starlite.
In January 1966 he was transferred to H&S Co where a tragic event occurred that would end his life. While in their living quarters in the vicinity of Da Nang, the Marines were singing when one of them began to strum a M-14 rifle as if he was playing a guitar. Unknown to the man the rifle was loaded, there was an accidental discharge and a shot rang out stricking and causing the death of PFC Sauve.
Daniel had planned to join the St Laurent Police Force upon completion of his service, but now in death, his body would be escorted back to St Laurent, Quebec by a Marine Guard of Honor to be buried in the Family Plot.
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