Charles Earl and Gertrude deNeui Doughtery Family, Wright Co.
Russell Erwin Dougherty was born Dec. 19, 1922. He died Aug. 14, 2008 and is buried in Saint Francis Cemetery, Belmond, IA.
Petty Officer Dougherty served in World War II with a U.S. Navy Acorn Communication Unit.
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Dale Charles Dougherty was born Nov. 28, 1920. He died Aug. 3, 2014 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Clarion, IA.
Dale served with the U.S. Navy in World War II and was assigned to a highly classified group submarine tracking Japanese code.
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Loren Franklin Dougherty was born Oct. 10, 1918. He died Mar. 5, 2006 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Clarion, IA.
Chief Petty Officer Dougherty in World War II and Korea, retiring after 20 years service. He was with a dive bombing squadron attached to the aircraft carrier Bunker Hill during WWII. He was on the Bunker Hill during numerous battles in the islands and when she was attacked and crippled by kamikaze air strikes.
Sources: “Ordinary Heroes”, by Judge Newt Draheim, Chapters 12 & 64; ancestry.com
