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​                     Part 8/38 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 17 "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.; 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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