 He participated in the drive through France and was wounded in Aachen , Germany and was sent to England to recover . After he recovered , he rejoined the front lines reassigned to the 3rd Infantry Division and was given a battlefield commission to second lieutenant . By April 18 , 1945 , he was a first lieutenant in command of Company A , 15th Infantry Regiment , 3rd Infantry Division , 7th Army . On that day , he led his company in their advance through Nuremberg , Germany , and single @-@ handedly engaged German forces several times . As his unit passed a city square , a German machine gun opened fire , causing several casualties . Daly rushed the position and killed the three gunners . Advancing ahead of his men , he came across a German patrol preparing to use rocket launchers to ambush American tanks . He again attacked alone and , despite being outnumbered and outgunned , killed all six patrol members . When a machine gun opened fire at close range , he picked up a dead man 's rifle and killed the two @-@ man German crew . On April 19 , he was shot through the head ; a bullet entered at his ear and exited from the opposite cheek . He was sent to England and eventually the United States to recuperate . At about the same time , his father , who had been wounded in France , was also being evacuated to the United States . 
