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Part 7/27 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 34 "D" records
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† Dammrow, Stanley Arnold, SN 17-030-323, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.

• b. 26 Jan 1923 Carson, Pott. Co.; s/o Detlef A. Dammrow (b. Treynor, Pott. Co.) & Grace M. Patterson (b. Tuscarawas Co., PA; d. 1936); family moved from Carson to Youngstown, OH in the early 1930s; and then to northwest Iowa in the late 1930s after mother's death; father married Bertha C. Umble of Co. Bluffs before 1940.
• enlisted 26 Mar 1941 at Omaha from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph North Lawn Cem., Spencer, Clay Co.
• Hq. Sqdn., V Interceptor Cmd., Luzon, Philippines; POW Philippines 1942; DNB Nov 1942, Cabanatuan POW Camp, Nueva Ecija Prov., Luzon, Philippines, dysentery.
• Japan Lashes Out > The Philippines Lost. 

† Daughtrey/Daugherty, Gilbert Pryor, SN 701-04-70, US Navy, Jackson Co., MO & Pott. Co.

• b. 1 Sep 1918 Wellsville, Montgomery Co., MO; s/o John R. Daughtrey (b. Crittenden Co., KY; d. 1935) & Virginia S. Harris (b. Union Co., KY); lived in Independence, Jackson Co., MO; mother lived in Co. Bluffs in 1940s.
• unknown service entry data; next of kin mother, Mrs. Virginia Harris Daugherty, 531 Benton St., Council Bluffs, IA; body not recovered; memorialized in Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
• Submarine USS Growler (SS 215); KIA 8 Nov 1944, west of Manila Bay, Philippines, South China Sea; Growler likely sunk by Japanese depth charge, all 86 died.
• Naval War with Japan > US Submarine Force.
• Note: Military records sometimes use the spelling of Daugherty.

† Davenport, William Thomas Jr., SN 17-122-771, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.

• b. 7 Apr 1922 Co. Bluffs; s/o William T. Davenport Sr. (b. Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE) & Viola B. Shafer (b. Co. Bluffs); family lived in Garner Twp. on Star Rt., Co. Bluffs.
• married Helen L. Shearer of Holt Co., NE, a nursing student living in Co. Bluffs, one child.
• entered service 15 Sep 1942 at Ft. Crook, NE from Star Rt., Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.​
• Crew #P-46, 62nd Bomb. Sqdn., 39th Bomb. Gp., XXI Bomber Cmd., Twentieth Air Force, based at North Field, Guam, Mariana Is.; Boeing B-29 Superfortress #44-69889 The Slic Chic right gunner with aircraft commander Edgar B. Grear; KIA 29 May 1945, 120 miles NE of Tori-Shima, south of Tokyo; aircraft hit by flak over Yokohama and ditched, four died, eight survived.
• Air Force War with Japan > Twentieth Air Force.

† Davis, August William Jr., SN 17-003-658, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.

• b. 6 Sep 1920 Shenandoah, Page Co.; s/o August W. Davis Sr. (b. Grundy Co.) & Gladys M. Vaughn (b. Fremont Co.); family moved to Co. Bluffs in the early 1930s.
• entered service 3 Oct 1940 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; group burial, Jefferson Barracks Natl. Cem., St. Louis, MO.
• 792nd Bomb. Sqdn., 468 Bomb. Gp., XX Bomber Cmd., Twentieth Air Force, based at Kalaikunda AAB, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India; Boeing B-29 Superfortress #42-6230 Limber Duggan tail gunner with aircraft commander Dushan V. Ivanovic, staging from Pengshan, near Chengdu, China; KIA 15 Jun 1944, near Yawata, Kyushu, Japan; aircraft was part of the first B-29 raid on Japan; mission consisted of 68 aircraft included 11 correspondents; aircraft damaged over target & exploded; all eleven crew and Newsweek correspondent William T. Shenkel died; this was the first B-29 lost over Japan, however three other B-29s on this mission went down returning to base; BNR.
• Operation Matterhorn - Air Force War with Japan > Twentieth Air Force.

​† Davis, Joseph Simpson, SN 321-43-19, US Navy, Adams Co.

• b. 26 Dec 1919 Tabor, Fremont Co.; s/o Francis M. Davis (b. Corning, Adams Co.) & Faye W. Higgins (b. Villisca, Montgomery Co.); family moved to Quincy Twp., rural Corning, Adams Co. in early 1920s.
• entered service 18 Jun 1940 from Rt. 2, Corning, Adams Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Marion Davis, RFD 2, Corning, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Walnut Grove Cem., Corning.
• Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (CA-30), the US Asiatic Fleet flagship; KIA 1 Mar 1942 Battle of Sunda Strait, between Java & Sumatra, Dutch Indies; Houston sunk by Japanese destroyer torpedoes, 793 died.
• Japan Lashes Out > The Dutch Indies Lost.

† Davis, Willard Henry, SN 37-460-144, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Fremont Co., WY

• b. 24 Jul 1923 Denver, CO; s/o Charles L. Davis (b. Springfield, Greene Co., MO; d. 1943) & Bessie P. Means (b. Kansas City, Wyandotte Co., KS); living with a foster family in Kansas City, MO in 1930; living with parents in Fremont Co., WY in 1935.
• working on a federal dam project in 1940; working for C. H. Turner in Red Oak, Montgomery Co. in 1942.
• unknown service entry data; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Jefferson Barracks Natl. Cem., St. Louis, MO.
• original member of Co. A, 508th Parachute Inf. Regt., 82nd Airborne Div., organized 4 Nov 1943 at Camp Mackall,, NC; on 17 Sep 1944 parachuted from burning C-47A #42-101004 near Groesbeek, Netherlands; KIA 19 Sep 1944 near Nijmegen, Netherlands.
• Battle of Nijmegen portion of Operation Market-Garden - The ETO > War of Attrition > Netherlands, 1944.

† Dea, James David, SN O-325,990, US Naval Aviation, Pott. & Shelby Cos.

• b. 24 Aug 1921 rural Shelby, Pleasant Twp., Pott. Co.; s/o William B. Dea (b. rural Shelby, Pleasant Twp.) & Cecelia H. Dargin (b. Templeton, Carroll Co).
• entered service 25 Nov 1942 from rural Shelby, Pleasant Twp., Pott. Co.; buried Graceland Cem., Avoca, Pott. Co.
• Naval Air Patrol Sqdn. VP-21; ensign training at Harvey Point Navy Auxiliary Air Station, Queen Anne Co., NC; Martin PBM-3D Mariner BuNo 45263 crew member with pilot Farquhar Macrae Jr.; d. 31 May 1944 Princess Anne Co., Virginia near Harvey Pt.; aircraft stalled during practice bombing run; all nine died.

† Decker, Charles Earl, SN 37-750-378, US Army, Harrison & Mills Cos.

• b. 18 Nov 1918 Silver City, Mills Co.; s/o Archibald P. Decker (b. York Co., NE) & Viva Marie Hunt (b. Silver City).
• moved to Harrison Co. in late 1930s; married Vera Isora Little of Harrison Co. Feb 1940 in Missouri Valley, Harrison Co., two children.
• entered service 18 Aug 1944 from Silver City, Mills Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Silver City Cem.
• HQ Co., 1st Bn., 39th Inf. Regt., 9th Inf. Div., III Corps, First Army; DNB 28 Feb 1945 Udingen, south of Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
• The ETO > To the Rhine > Ops. Veritable & Grenade.

† Decker, Richard Charles, SN 17-017-220, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.

• b. 11 Mar 1922 Co. Bluffs; s/o Arthur W. Decker (b. Carlton Co., MN) & Matilda De Frees (b. Co. Bluffs).
• entered service 4 Feb 1941 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Courts of the Missing, Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
• Detachment, 69th Bomb. Sqdn., 38th Bomb. Gp., based at Hickam Field, Oahu, Hawaii Territory & deployed to Midway Is., Hawaii Territory 29 May 1942; Martin B-26B Marauder #41-17570 nose gunner with pilot William S. Watson; KIA 4 Jun 1942 off Midway Is.; low-level torpedo attack by four Marauders on Japanese fleet, two airraft lost, each with crew of seven, no survivors, remaining aircraft damaged.
• Japan Overreaches > Battle of Midway.

† Deffenbaugh, Lyle Joseph, SN 0-288-505, US Army, Pott. Co. & Douglas Co., NE

• b. 7 Jun 1910 Co. Bluffs; s/o Joseph E. Deffenbaugh (b. Ohio; d. 1918) & Frances M. Roberts (b. Montgomery Co.).
• married Helen Lorkovic of Omaha Nov 1935 in Omaha.
• entered service 11 Feb 1941 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Douglas Co., NE; buried Keokuk Natl. Cem., Keokuk, Lee Co.
• Commanding Officer 1st Bn., 6th Armored Inf. Regt., 1st Armored Div., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 28 May 1944 near Artena, Lazio, SE of Rome, Italy; shell hit Battalion command post.
• The MTO > Italy > Cassino to Rome.
• Notes: Took over 1st Bn., 6th Armored Inf. Regt. in Mar 1943 after Lt. Col. William B. Kern was wounded at Maknassy, Tunisia. Silver Star (North Africa), posthumous Distinguished Service Cross.

† Deitchler, Edgar Kay, SN 37-118-985, US Army, Mills Co.

• b. 27 Mar 1913 Oak Twp., Mills Co.; s/o Louis F. Deitchler (b. Mineola, Mills Co.) and Helen Kay (b. Mills Co.; d. 1940).
• entered service 23 Mar 1942 from Glenwood, Mills Co.; service credited to Mills Co.; buried Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
• 357th Inf. Regt., 90th Inf. Div.; KIA 17 Jun 1944, near Gourbesville, W. of St. Mere Eglise, Manche, Normandy, France.
• The ETO > Normandy Campaign > Normandy, June 1944.

† Delaney, Harlan Albert, SN 37-487-707, US Army, Montgomery Co.

• b. 20 Oct 1924 Pymosa Twp., rural Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o George W. Delaney (b. Montgomery Co.) & Elsie M. Belding (b. Adams Co.); family lived near Marne, Cass Co. in 1930, moving to Montgomery Co. in early 1930s.
• entered service 8 Dec 1943 from Villisca, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Villisca Cem.
• 279th Replacement Co., Corps of Engineers; DNB 15 Oct 1944 Oro Bay, Papua, New Guinea; laryngitis & tracheobronchitis.
• WWII Japan > The Pacific Bases.​

† Delong, Lloyd E., SN 37-117-114, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.

• b. 26 Jun 1907 Leon, Decatur Co.; s/o Charles L. Delong (b. Iowa) & Flossie M. Lindsay (b. Decatur Co.); family moved from Leon to Co. Bluffs in the early 1920s.
• married Virginia R. (Heck) McDonald, widow of Earl E. McDonald, three adopted children.
• entered service 9 Mar 1942 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Golden Gate Natl. Cem., San Bruno, San Mateo Co., CA.
• 409th Bomb. Gp., Ninth Air Force, flying Douglas A-26 Invaders, based at Bretigny, south of Paris, France; DNB 3 Nov 1944 at Fleury-Mérogis, near Paris; head injuries from falling from a moving truck.
• The ETO > ETO Air War > Ninth Air Force.

† Delph, Everette Melvin, SN 37-754-300, US Army, Shelby Co.

• b. 23 Jun 1926 Shelby, Shelby Co.; s/o Ralph Ray Delph (b. Portsmouth, Shelby Co.) & Ethel E. Cunningham (b. Shelby, Shelby Co.).
• enlisted 23 Jun 1944; entered service 20 Oct 1944 from Shelby, Shelby Co.; service credited to Shelby Co.; buried Shelby Cem.
• Co. E, 152nd Inf. Regt., 38th Inf. Div; KIA 18 May 1945, Barangka Rizal, east of Manila, Luzon, Philippines; killed by a grenade during a Japanese counterattack.
• Philippines Liberated > Luzon.

† Denison, Paul Marsh, SN 20-706-336, US Army, Cass Co.

• b. 28 Oct 1918 Anita, Cass Co.; s/o George E. Denison (b. Cass Co.) & Elva L. Marsh (b. Iowa); family lived in rural Wiota, Franklin Twp., Cass Co., moving to Sauk Center, MN in early 1920s and returning to Franklin Twp. in early 1930s.
• entered service with National Guard 10 Feb 1941 from Atlantic, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Atlantic Cem.
• Co. K (Atlantic), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., II Corps; KIA 8 Nov 1942 Algiers, Algeria.
• The MTO > North Africa > Operation Torch.

† Denton, Claude Ballentine, SN 648-65-29, US Navy, Pott. Co.

• b. 14 Mar 1906 Marne, Cass Co.; s/o Fred A. Denton (b. New York; d. 1939) & Anna L. Ballentine (b. Ohio); family moved to Harlan, Shelby Co. before 1910 and to Co. Bluffs in late 1920s.
• married Clara L. Synak Oct 1936, one child, divorced.
• entered service 12 Oct 1942 from Co. Bluffs; next of kin mother, Mrs. Anna Laura Denton, 1426 High St., Council Bluffs, IA; buried Evergreen Cem., Anita, Cass Co.
• Destroyer USS Cony (DD 508); KIA 27 Oct 1943, during US invasion of Treasury Is., S. of Bougainville, Solomon Is.; Cony damaged by Japanese air attack, eight died.
• Treasury Is. Invasion - South & SW Pacific > Solomons Naval War.

† Deputy, Charles Dean, SN 940,539, US Marine Corps, Pott. Co.

• b. 26 Jan 1926 Co. Bluffs; s/o David S. Deputy (b. Lamoni, Decatur Co.) & Salome Buchholz (b. Rawlins Co., KS; d. 1933); family lived in Garner Twp. at Rt. 4, Co. Bluffs.
• entered service 15 Mar 1944 from Rt. 4, Co. Bluffs; next of kin father, Mr. David S. Deputy, R.R. 4, Council Bluffs, IA; buried Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
• Co. I, 21st Marine Regt.; 3rd Marine Div.; DOW 24 Feb 1945, Iwo Jima, Japan.
• Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Battle of Iwo Jima.

† Dickinson, Earl Albert, SN 37-472-885, US Army, Harrison Co.

• b. 8 Nov 1924 Modale, Harrison Co.; s/o Morton R. Dickinson (b. Jasper Co., IL) & Hettie M. Puffer (b. Evansville, Randolph Co., IL).
• entered service 10 Feb 1943 from Modale, Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
• Co. C, 169th Inf. Regt., 43rd Inf. Div.; KIA 9 Jan 1945, Lingayen Gulf, Luzon.
• Philippines Liberated > Luzon.

† Dideriksen, Robert Warren, SN 0-2-044-637, US Army Air Force, Pott. & Page Cos.

• b. 16 Mar 1921 rural Neola, Pott. Co.; s/o Nels M. Dideriksen (b. Denmark) & Anna C. Hilstrum (b. rural Neola); family moved to Shenandoah, Page Co. 1931-34.
• ​entered service 19 Nov 1940 from Rt. 3, Shenandoah, Page Co.; service credited to Page Co.; buried Normandy American Cem., Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
• 14th Photo Reconnaisance Sqdn., 7th Recon. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Mount Farm, north of Dorchester, Oxfordshire, England; British Supermarine PR Mk XI Spitfire #PL790 pilot; KIA 15 Jun 1944 near Paris, France; shot down by German Me-109s.
• The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force.

† Dinesen, Harold N., SN 37-433-094, US Army, Shelby Co.

• b. 24 May 1921 Shelby Co.; s/o Jacob C. Dinesen (b. Shelby Co.) & Patrina Nielsen (b. Denmark; d. 1922); father married Hulda Peterson of rural Underwood, Pott. Co. Jun 1939 in Des Moines; Harold remained at home in Center Twp. east of Harlan.
• entered service 28 Sep 1942; service credited to Shelby Co.; buried Harlan Cem., Shelby Co.
• Battery C., 400th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Bn., Seventh Army; WIA (sic, local newspaper) 12 Mar 1945, DNB (sic, War Dept. report)) 15 Mar 1945 in hospital, France.
• The ETO > To the Rhine > Operation Undertone.
• Notes: I know nothing about Sgt. Dinesen's injuries, and arbitrarily assume his death likely occurred during staging for Operation Undertone, which began on 15 March.

† Dixon, Cletus Hugh, SN 620-16-09, US Navy, Woodbury Co.

• b. 20 Apr 1917 Boomer Twp., rural Neola, Pott. Co.; s/o John J. Dixon (b. Harrison Co.) & Vera E. Clark (b. Boomer Twp., Pott. Co.); family moved to rural Woodbury Co. before 1920.
• entered service 22 Dec 1941 from Moville, Woodbury Co.; next of kin mother, Mrs. Vera E. Dixon, Moville, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines.
• Destroyer USS De Haven (DD-469); KIA 1 Feb 1943 in Ironbottom Sound, east of Savo Is., Guadalcanal, Solomon Is.; De Haven sunk by Japanese bombs; 167 died, 146 survived.
• South & SW Pacific > Solomons Naval War.

† Dixon, Gene Willard, SN 38-006-349, US Army, Pott. Co. & Denver Co., CO

• b. 12 Jun 1915 Co. Bluffs; s/o Roy F. Dixon (b. Co. Bluffs; d. 1935) & Katherine Mulachy (b. Omaha).
• married Leverna Adeline Cook of Neola, Pott. Co., one child, divorced.
• entered service 31 Jan 1941 from Denver Co., CO; service credited to Denver Co., Co.; buried Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
• HQ Co., 157th Inf. Regt.; 45th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 15 Dec 1943 near Conca Casale, west of Venafro & east of Cassino, Molise, southern Italy.
• The MTO > Italy > The Bernhardt Line.

† Dodson, Harry John, SN 17-165-668, US Army, Montgomery & Mills Co.

• b. 15 Sep 1922 Lincoln Twp., northwest Montgomery Co.; s/o John G. Dodson (b. Mason Co., WV) & Emma L. Whitt (b. Meigs Co., OH); family remained in Lincoln Twp. into the 1940s.
• entered service 15 Dec 1942 from Rt. 1, Emerson, Mills Co.; service credited to Mills Co.; buried Emerson Cem.
• HQ Co., 2nd Bn. 32nd Armored Inf. Regt., 3rd Armored Div.; KIA 13 Oct 1944 near Stolberg, E. of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
• The ETO > War of Attrition > Aachen.

† Doggett, Clair Quentin, SN 37-267-573, US Army, Montgomery Co.

• b. 13 May 1922 Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o Ole A. Doggett (b. Hepburn, Page Co.) & Elizabeth J. Houchin (b. Montgomery Co.).
• entered service Oct 1942 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Morton Mills Cem., Montgomery Co.
• 132nd Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., II Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 8 Feb 1944 near Cassino, Lazio, Italy.
• First Battle of Monte Cassino - The MTO > Italy > Cassino/The Gustav Line.

† Donahoe, Joseph Robert, SN 6-553-362, US Army Air Force, Cass Co.

• b. 29 Mar 1910 Griswold, Cass Co.; s/o Robert A. Donahoe (b. Berrien Co., MI) & Maude E. Ruckman (b. Wapello Co.; d. 1942).
• entered service 8 Dec 1941 from Griswold, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried rural Griswold, Pleasant Twp. Cem., Cass Co.
• 32nd Technical School Sqdn., Chanute Field, Rantoul, Champaign Co., IL; d. 16 Jul 1942, heart failure caused by chronic alcoholism.

† Downs, Thomas George, SN 0-745-648, US Air Force, Pott. Co.

• b. 16 Oct 1919 rural Underwood, Pott. Co.; s/o Thomas L. Downs (b. Norwalk Twp., Pott. Co.) & Mary I. Pardee (b. Woodbine, Harrison Co.).
• married Martha M. Schorsch of the Underwood area.
• entered service 1942 from Rt. 1, Underwood, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Downsville Cem., rural Underwood.
• 85th Troop Carrier Sqdn., 437th Troop Carrier Gp., Ninth Air Force, based at Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England; Douglas C-47A Skytrain/Dakota #43-15655 pilot; DNB 27 Aug 1944 at landing field ALG A-22 near Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France; crashed while landing, four died.
• The ETO > ETO Air War > Ninth Air Force.

† Drake, Eldon Charles, SN 37-403-963, US Army, Cass Co.

• b. 5 Jul 1923 rural Walnut, Lincoln Twp., Pott. Co.; s/o Charles H. Drake (b. Polk Co., MO) & Eunice M. Osler (b. Carson, Pott. Co.); family moved to Atlantic, Cass Co. in late 1920s.
• entered service 15 Dec 1942 from Atlantic, Cass Co.; service credited to Cass Co.; buried Atlantic Cem.
• Co. B., 25th Tank Bn., 14th Armored Div., VI Corps, Seventh Army; attached to 36th Inf. Div. at time of death; KIA 7 Feb 1945 N of Hagenau, Oberhoffen-les-Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin Dept., northern Alsace, France.
• The ETO > Alsace, 1945 > Operation Nordwind.

† Dryer, Arthur Leroy, SN 37-112-204, US Army, Page Co. & Howell Co., MO

• b. 25 Feb 1919 Peace Valley, Howell Co., MO; s/o Fay H. Dryer (b. Howell Co., MO) & Bertha Ferguson (b. Clarinda, Page Co.); family moved from Howell Co. to Clarinda, Page Co. in the late 1930s & to Villisca, Montgomery Co. in the 1940s.
• entered service 28 Jan 1942 from Rt. 2, Clarinda, Page Co.; service credited to Page Co.; buried Villisca Cem., Montgomery Co.
• 755th Tank Bn., Fifth Army; KIA 13 Apr 1945 near Po River in Argenta, Provincia di Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
• The MTO > Italy > The Po Valley.

​† Dryer, William Ernest, SN 0-543-837, US Army Air Force, Des Moines Co.

• b. 9 May 1911 Bolivar, Polk Co., MO; s/o Elijah Dryer (b. Hickory Co., MO) & Malinda Taylor (b. Dallas Co., MO).
• m. Florence Glee Cart of Montgomery Co. Jun 1935 in Nashua, Chickasaw Co., two children; lived in Burlington, Des Moines Co. in 1935, in Ottumwa, Wapello Co. in 1940, returning to Burlington later in 1940; worked in Uvalde, Uvalde Co., TX in 1942.
• entered service 26 Jan 1944 from Burlington, Des Moines Co.; service credited to unknown county; buried Highland Cem., Des Moines.
• 3rd Sqdn., 2533rd Army Air Force Base Unit, Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, TX; Vultee BT-13A Valiant #41-22019 flight instructor; d. 14 Mar 1945; aircraft crashed on Los Pinos Mt. 37 miles east of San Diego, CA; both occupants died.

† Duffy/Lein, Robert Eugene, served as Duffy Robert E & Lein Robert E, SN 17-197-256, US Army, Pott. Co.

• b. 2 Mar 1926 Corsica, Douglas Co., SD; s/o Lawrence D. Lein (b. Hancock Co.) & Elfrieda Christensen (b. Norway); family moved to Valley Jct., Polk Co. in late 1920s; parents divorced 1930s; mother married Edward P. Duffy and Duffy family moved to Co. Bluffs in late 1930s.
• entered service 2 Sep 1943 from Co. Bluffs as Robert L. Lein; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried as Robert Lein Duffy, Memorial Park Cem., Co. Bluffs.
• unit unknown; d. 16 Jan 1945, near The Dalles, Wasco Co., OR, auto accident.
• Note: Appears twice in 1946 US War Dept. list of Iowa dead, as Duffy Robert E and Lein Robert E, both with the same service number.

​† Dumler, Reuben Paul, SN 38-008-965, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Grundy Co., MO

• b. 14 Apr 1914 Laredo, Grundy Co., MO; s/o Carl Dumler & Elizabeth Schmidt, both b. Russia; family moved to Grundy Co., MO before 1914 and returned from Grundy Co. to Montgomery Co. in 1934.
• entered service 11 Aug 1941 from Rt. 3, Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Clear Creek Co., CO; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
• Co. F, 179th Inf. Regt., 45th Inf. Div.; captured 1944 southern France; POW near the Elbe Rive in Stalag 4D, Torgau, Saxony, Germany; KIA 12 Apr 1945 in hospital, Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; hospital struck by Allied air attack.
• The ETO > Liberation > Southern France.
• Notes: Stalag 4D in downtown Torgau was the central location for POW work camps in the area.  Halle was occupied by US forces on 17 Apr. US and Russian forces met at the Elbe River near Torgau on 25 Apr.

† Dunbar, Milo, SN 20-703-345, US Army, Monona Co.

• b. 22 Feb 1917 Edgemont, Fall River Co., SD; s/o Francis E. Dunbar (b. Des Moines; d. 1935) & Grace M. Phillips (b. Onawa, Monona Co.); family moved to Onawa, Monona Co. in the 1920s.
• entered service with National Guard 10 Feb 1941 from Onawa, Monona Co.; service credited to Monona Co.; buried Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
• Co. L (Sioux City), 133rd Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., Fifth Army; KIA 15 Feb 1944 near Cassino, Lazio Italy.
• First Battle of Monte Cassino - The MTO > Italy > Cassino/The Gustav Line.

† Dutton, Finley Jake, SN 0-2-001-366, US Army Air Force, Montgomery Co.

• b. 19 Aug 1923 Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o Cecil O. Dutton & Ethel M. Billmeyer; both b. Delaware Co.
• entered service 14 Dec 1922 from Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, Florence American Cem., Florence, Tuscany, Italy; cenotaph Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
• 351st Bomb. Sqdn., 301st Bomb. Gp., Fifteenth Air Force, based at Lucera, near Foggia, Apulia, Italy; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress #43-8390 Garbage Cannie navigator with pilot Ralph W. Sommers; KIA 4 Apr 1945 over Adriatic Sea; aircraft hit by antiaircraft fire over target of Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia & ditched in Adriatic  returning to base; crew of 10 exited aircraft; three swept off wing and drowned, seven rescued by Yugoslav partisans.
• The MTO > MTO Air War.

† Dworak, Lloyd Arthur, SN 702-51-32, US Naval Aviation, Douglas Co., NE

• b. 24 Jul 1923 Omaha, Douglas Co. s/o Lloyd A. Carter (b. Omaha) & Jessie I. Pope (b. Walnut, Pott. Co.); parents divorced 1931; mother married Arthur F. Dworak of Omaha Nov 1932 in Omaha.
• student at University of Nebraska.
• entered service as aviation cadet from Omaha at Kansas City 21 Oct 1942, called to active duty 1943; buried Forest Lawn Cem., Omaha.
• navy aviation fighter pilot training in night fighter operation at Vero Beach Naval Air Station, Indian River Co., FL; d. on training mission early 6 Jan 1945; Grumman F7F Tigercat.

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