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​                     Part 13/47 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 19 "Df-Dz" records
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  † 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., I Corps, Sixth Army; KIA 9 Jan 1945, Lingayen Gulf, Luzon.
  • WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Luzon

† Dicks, Russell Elwood, SN 912-591, US Marine Corps, Adams Co.
  • b. 3 Nov 1925 Douglas Twp., Adams Co.; s/o Elwood Edward Dicks (b. Carbon, Adams Co.) & Eula Irene Hancock (b. Clinton Co., MO).
  • entered service 9 Jan 1944 from Carbon, Adams Co.; next of kin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood E. Dicks, Rt. 1, Nodaway, Iowa; buried Oakland Cem., Corning, Adams Co.
  • 9th Marine Regt., 3rd Marine Div.; KIA 10 Mar 1945 Iwo Jima, Japan.
  • WWII Japan > Iwo Jima & Okinawa > Iwo Jima

† 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, Calvados Dept., 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.
  • WWII Germany > 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.
  • Military Note: 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.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > To the Rhine > Operation Undertone

† Dirrim, Lysle Lee, SN 32-379-490, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Erie Co., NY
  • b. 26 Mar 1899 Scott Twp., Montgomery Co.; s/o Harry Miller Dirrim (b. Wayne Co., OH)  & Josephine Rue Cox (b. Henry Co., IL).
  • married Lelia Augusta Gilmore of Montgomery Co. Aug 1920 in Montgomery Co., four children; family lived in Clarinda, Page Co. in 1930; wife and children lived in Fremont, Dodge Co., NE in 1935, 1940, and 1950.
  • entered service 6 Jul 1942 in Buffalo, NY from Erie Co., NY; service credited to Erie Co., NY; buried Sicily-Rome American Cem., Nettuno, Lazio, Italy.
  • 103rd Quartermaster Bakery Co.; DNB 18 Oct 1943 Italy; cerebral hemorrhage.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Comm Zone

† 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.
  • WWII Japan > Solomon Islands > Guadalcanal 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.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > Naples to Rome > 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., VII Corps, 3rd Armored Div., First Army; KIA 13 Oct 1944 near Stolberg, E. of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, Fall 1944 > 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.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > Naples to Rome > Cassino 1

† 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, Calvados, Normandy, France; crashed while landing, four died.
  • WWII Germany > 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.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Ardennes/The Bulge > Operation Nordwind

† ​Dryer, Arthur Leroy, SN 37-112-204, US Army, Page Co. & Howell Co., MO
  • b. 25 Feb 1919 Peace Valley, Sisson Twp., Howell Co., MO; s/o Fay H. Dryer (b. Peace Valley, Howell Co., MO) & Bertha F. Ferguson (b. Clarinda, Page Co.)
  • entered service 28 Jan 1942 from Rt. 2, Clarinda, Page Co.; service credited to Page Co.; buried Villisca Cem., Villisca, Montgomery Co.
  • Co. B, 755th Tank Bn, attached to 9th Armoured Brigade, British Eighth Army; KIA 13 Apr 1945 near Argenta, Provincia di Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; battalion was ferrying British troops northwards through the flooded area south of Lake Comacchio.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > Northern Italy > Breakthrough @ Operation Impact Royal.

​† 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

​† 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 River in Stalag 4D, Torgau, Saxony, Germany; KIA 12 Apr 1945 in hospital, Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; hospital struck by Allied air attack.
  • Military Notes: Stalag 4D in downtown Torgau was the central location for POW work camps in the area;  Halle was occupied by US forces 17 Apr; US and Russian forces met at the Elbe River near Torgau 25 Apr.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Liberation > Southern France

† 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.
  • WWII Germany > The MTO > Naples to Rome > Cassino 1

† 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.
  • WWII Germany > 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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