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​                     Part 7/38 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 17 "Da-De" 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.
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