Grundy County

 

William Irving Dietch

 

 

 

William Irving Dietch was born Sept. 23, 1922 to Daniel Allen and Maude Leone Knouse Dietch. He died Aug. 24, 2003 and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Grundy Center, IA.

Chief Warrant Officer Dietch served in World War II and Korea with the U.S. Navy. He was a Japanese POW (captured on Corregidor) in World War II and was awarded a Silver Star and Bronze Star.

Source: ancestry.com