Military Involvement
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Wilbur R. Dachenbach was born Oct. 13, 1918 to Clement Harrison and Edith Reid Dachenbach. He died Nov. 15, 1986 and is buried in Prairie View Cemetery, Hallie, WI.
Wilbur served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Ross Edward Daggett was born Sept. 25, 1915 to Guy Edward and Perna Helen Sheldon Daggett. He died May 30, 2001 and is buried in Slater Cemetery, Slater, IA.
Ross served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 2527th Base Unit and 805th Base Unit. He was a glider pilot and served as a flight officer in the training command at Lubbock, TX.
Source: ancestry.com
Stanley Walter “Walter” Dahl was born Nov. 6, 1911 to Haldemar and Christina Lundberg Dahl. He died Nov. 22, 1994 and is buried in Cumberland Heights Seventh-day Adventist Cemetery, Cumberland Heights, TN.
Stanley served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Marathon (APA-200).
Source: ancestry.com
Stanley LaVerne Dahl was born Nov. 14, 1919 to Andrew and Mary Houge Dahl. He died Apr. 24, 2017 and is buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Slater, IA.
Cpl. Dahl served in World War II with the U.S. Army 106th Infantry Division, 7th Army in France and Germany. He was awarded the Bronze Star.
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Duane Kenneth Dahl was born Dec. 19, 1925 to Andrew and Mary Houge Dahl. He died Mar. 27, 1995 and is buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, CA.
Sgt. Dahl served in World War II with the U.S. Army and was WIA in Luxembourg. He was awarded the Purple Heart and also wears the Expert Infantryman’s Badge. He later served at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO as an infantry instructor.
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Donald Pershing Dahl was born Oct. 22, 1918 to Andrew and Mary Houge Dahl. He died Sept. 1, 2005 and is buried in Santa Maria Cemetery District Cemetery, Santa Maria, CA.
Donald served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Vernon Dahl was born Feb. 21, 1919 to Helmer and Sarah Houge Dahl. He died Dec. 10, 2005 and is buried in Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Pvt. Dahl served in World War II with the U.S. Army in Germany and France. He was awarded the European Theater of Operations ribbon with two stars.
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Harris Sherman Dahl was born Apr. 4, 1921 to Helmer and Sara Houge Dahl. He died Sept. 23, 2004 and is buried in Story Memorial Gardens, Ames, IA.
Pvt. Dahl served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Eugene Dale was born May 8, 1921 to Peter B. and Julia Theodora Miller Dale. He died Nov. 30, 1942 and is buried in Story City Cemetery, Story City, IA.
Petty Officer Dale served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Orleans (CA-32) and was KIA in the performance of his duty and in the service of his country in the Battle of Tassafaronga. He was awarded the Purple Heart. He was also a Pearl Harbor survivor.
Source: ancestry.com
James Harlan Dale was born Feb. 18, 1926 to Jasper and Lena Donhowe Dale.
Pvt. Dale served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Max Leland Daley was born Jan. 11, 1919 to Raymond Henry and Gertrude H. Calvert Daley. He died Feb. 14, 1987 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Chief Petty Officer Daley served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
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Merle Donald Daley was born Nov. 12, 1917 to Raymond Henry and Gertrude H. Calvert Daley. He died Apr. 7, 1979 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Pvt. Daley served in World War II with the U.S. Army Infantry.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Dennis Dalton was born Feb. 15, 1909 to Gus English and Blanche Bell Lee Dalton. He died June 16, 1982.
Donald served in World War II with the U.S. Army 359th Infantry, 90th Division.
Source: ancestry.com
David Damon was born Sept. 10, 1907 to Philip Ewald and Olive Edson Stevens Damon. He died Oct. 15, 1989.
Lt. Damon served in World War II with the U.S. Navy Medical Corps, Malaria Control and was stationed in New Herbrides.
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Charles Pickering Damon was born Apr. 15, 1915 to Philip Ewald and Olive Edson Stevens Damon. He died Apr. 29, 1997 and is buried in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, KS.
Col. Damon served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps in France. He was awarded the Purple Heart, five battle stars, Pre-Pearl Harbor and ETO ribbons, Air Medal and the Laision Wings of a pilot. Col. Damon also served in Korea.
Source: ancestry.com
John A. Danielson was born Oct. 11, 1920 to Arthur and Ingeborg Marie (Ina) Underdahl Danielson.
John served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Willard Wilmar Danielson was born June 19, 1919 to Franz O. and Ida C. Lindgren Danielson. He died May 24, 1999 in Greensboro, NC.
Willard served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Edward Eugene Darlington was born Feb. 28, 1926 to Leo T. and Genevieve Pierce Darlington. He died Nov. 13, 1984.
Sgt. Darlington served in World War II with the U.S. Army 3rd Armored Division, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment and 1st Armored Division Band. He was wounded in Germany and received the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Donald Thomas Davidson was born Jan. 15, 1919 to Lawson James and Nora E. McLeod Davidson. He died Oct. 11, 1962 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Capt. Davidson served in World War II with the U.S. Army, spending 22 months in the European Theater of Operations as a battery commander in the 531st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion of the 30th Infantry Division. He was awarded the Bronze Star, European Theater of Operations ribbon with five battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation ribbon.
Source: ancestry.com
Stanley Vetter Davidson was born Aug. 12, 1918 to Rex J. and Cornelia Vetter Davidson.
Stanley served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force.
Source: ancestry.com
Arthur Kornelius Davis, Jr. was born Nov. 25, 1922 to Arthur Kornelius (Sr.) and Blanche N. Reynolds Davis. He died Mar. 15, 1997 and is buried in Northern Lights Memorial Cemetery, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Sgt. Davis served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Blaine James Davis, Jr. was born Dec. 16, 1921 to Blaine James (Sr.) and Alma Mahaffey Davis. He died Sept. 16, 1942 and was lost at sea and memorialized at Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Petty Officer Davis served in World War II with the U.S. Navy and was serving aboard the SS Commercial Trader when it was torpedoed and sunk east of Trinidad. He was MIA/FOD/KIA.
Source: ancestry.com
Floyd Francis Davis was born Mar. 18, 1922 to William and Martha Brooking Davis. He died May 11, 1989 and is buried in Westwood Hills Memorial Park, Placerville, CA.
Petty Officer Davis served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
Harry Raymond Davis was born June 19, 1927 to Harry L. and Bessie M. Stoops Davis. He died Feb. 24, 2003 and is buried in Maxwell Cemetery, Maxwell, IA.
Harry served in World War II with the U.S. Navy Seabees.
Source: ancestry.com
James Richard Davis was born Jan. 8, 1915 to Harry Kimball and Coral Roberts Davis. He died Dec. 15, 1944 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.
Lt. Davis served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 91st Bomber Squadron, 27th Bomber Group, Light and became MIA and was a POW of the Japanese. He lost his life as one of the 1, 619 POWs that were on a transport ship that was torpedoed and sunk by U.S. planes. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
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Harry Kenneth Davis was born Sept 27, 1922 to Harry Kimball and Coral Roberts Davis. He died Nov. 4, 1979 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Sgt. Davis served in World War II with the U.S. Army Field Artillery in Hawaii, Australia, Goodenough, Dutch New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon and Mindoro. He also served in Korea and Vietnam.
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Ramon Roderick “Rod” Davis was born Oct. 12, 1924 to Harry Kimball and Coral Roberts Davis. He died Oct. 5, 1950 and is memorialized at the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Capt. Davis served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 27th Fighter Group. He was KIA in Korea.
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Paul Roland Davis was born Sept. 19, 1926 to Harry Kimball and Coral Roberts Davis.
Cpl. Davis served in World War II with the U.S. Army 501st Parachute Infantry Battalion and 82nd Airborne Division. He also served with the 7th Staton Hospital on Luzon. He was awarded the American Defense ribbon and the Asiatic-Pacific Theater ribbon.
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The father of these veterans was a Capt. with the 309th Engineers in World War I.
Source: ancestry.com
Hobart A. Davis was born Sept. 2, 1921 to Clarence Clyde and Grace Dorothea Wills Davis. He diedJuly 31, 2000 and is memorialized in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Sgt. Davis served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Jesse Albert Davis was born May 29, 1918 to Ira Allen and Mabel Gregory Davis. He died Aug. 13 , 1980.
Sgt. Davis served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps ground crew and spent 18 months in England.
Source: ancestry.com
Kenneth Hammer Davis was born June 6, 1924 to Edwin Prentiss and Mildred Eleda Hammer Davis. He died De. 14, 2001 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Pvt. Davis served in World War Ii with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Kenneth Laverne Davis was born Apr. 22, 1925 to Lee Roy and Gertrude Margaret Reed Davis. He died Mar. 25, 2013 and is buried in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Van Meter, IA.
Pvt. Davis served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Lawrence Dale Davis was born Oct. 10, 1914 to Edwin and Eva Marie Feit Davis. He died Sept. 20, 1995 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Lawrence served in World War II with the U.S. Army 5th Infantry.
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Eldon Raymond Davis was born Sept. 14, 1916 to Edwin and Eva Marie Feit Davis. He died Apr. 22, 2015 and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA.
Eldon served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps in the Panama Canal Zone. He served a total of 30 years in the U.S. Air Force.
Source: ancestry.com
Max Edward Davis was born Oct. 20, 1911 to Zora Edward and Mary Leona Exline Davis. He died Jan. 29, 1945 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
Ensign Davis served in World War II with the U.S. Coast Guard aboard the USS Serpens (AK-97), that was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. The Serpens and her crew of 196 Coast Guard crewmen, 57 Army stevedores and a Public Health Service physician, Dr. Harry M. Levin were killed in the explosion (off Guadalcanal), and a soldier ashore was killed by shrapnel. Only two of those on board survived.
Source: ancestry.com
Paul Jewell Davis was born June 26, 1922 to Rastus Harley “Harley” and Dina Bertram Davis. He died Apr. 22, 2008 and is buried in Zearing Cemetery, Zearing, IA.
Petty Officer Davis served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
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Sheldon Harley Davis was born Mar. 2, 1921 to Rastus Harley “Harley” and Dina Bertram Davis. He died Oct. 17, 1948 and is buried in Colo Cemetery, Colo, IA.
Sheldon served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
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Edison James Davis was born Oct. 16, 1925 to Rastus Harley “Harley” and Dina Bertram Davis.
Edison served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps 5th Division.
Source: ancestry.com
Harry Raymond Davis was born June 19, 1927 to Harry L. and Bessie M. Stoops Davis. He died Feb. 24, 2003 and is buried in Maxwell Cemetery, Maxwell, IA.
Harry served in World War II with the U.S. Navy Seabees.
Source: ancestry.com
Roy Junior Davis was born Mar. 17, 1923 to Lee Roy and Gertrude Margaret Davis. He died Nov. 10, 2003 and is buried in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Sgt. Davis served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps ground crew.
Source: ancestry.com
Raymond Morrice Dawdy was born June 7, 1920 to Charlie and Agnes Courtney Dawdy. He died Oct. 17, 1992.
Raymond served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
James Allen Dawkins was born Sept. 1, 1919 to Elmer E. and Eva E. Jenkins Dawkins. He died May 28, 1998.
James served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps Marine Air Group 24.
Source: ancestry.com
Homer Emerson Dawson was born Aug. 4 , 1897 to Howard Washington and Maud Elizabeth Confare Dawson. He died Oct. 16, 1969 and is buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, IA.
Homer served in World War II with the U.S. Navy Seabees.
Source: ancestry.com
Howard Kenneth Dawson was born June 6, 1910 to Howard Washington and Maud Elizabeth Confare Dawson. He died Aug. 7, 1963 and is buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, IA.
Petty Officer Dawson served in World War II with the U.S. Navy Seabees.
Source: ancestry.com
M. Robert “Bob” Dawson was born Dec. 4, 1926. He died Dec. 17, 2008 and is buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, IA.
Pvt. Dawson served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Apr 2019; updated May 2020