In its May 30, 1945 edition, the Santa Cruz Sentinel published the name of Daniel Joseph Remick among those local servicemen listed as missing in action. No record of this sailor's life in Santa Cruz County has been located.

It is not known when or where Daniel Remick was born, nor is information regarding his parents or siblings available. Navy records indicate that he entered the US Navy from California. While in the navy, Remick served as a gunner's mate third class aboard the USS Northampton, which was a heavy cruiser serving in the Pacific Theatre. Daniel Remick was reported as having been lost at sea on November 30, 1942, which helps pinpoint the action that resulted in his death.

Northampton next operated with a cruiser-destroyer force, to prevent the Japanese from reinforcing their troops on Guadalcanal. The Battle of Tassafaronga began 40 minutes before midnight, 30 November [1942], when three American destroyers made a surprise torpedo attack on the Japanese. All-American ships then opened fire, which the startled enemy did not return for seven minutes. Then two of the American cruisers took torpedo hits within the space of a minute, and 10 minutes later, another was hit, and all being forced to retire from the action. Northampton and Honolulu, with six destroyers, continued the fierce action, scoring many hits. Close to the end of the engagement, Northampton was struck by two torpedoes, which tore a huge hole in her port side, ripping away decks and bulkheads. Flaming diesel oil sprayed over the ship, she took on water rapidly and began to list. Three hours later, as she began to sink stern first, she had to be abandoned. So orderly and controlled was the process that loss of life was surprisingly light, and the survivors were all picked up within an hour by destroyers. While three cruisers had been damaged and Northampton lost, the Japanese had been denied a major reinforcement, and once again the Navy had given vital support to the Marines fighting ashore.

The body of Daniel Joseph Remick was never recovered. He is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery.

(ACGEN; ABMC; DANFS, USS Northampton CA-26)