Louis J. Des Forges
Biography:
born Stanley, NDak 14 Jun 24; resident Benson County, NDak; entered USMC Mpls, Minn 11 Oct 43; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 14 Mar 45 Iwo Jima, Volcano Island; buried in Plot 23, Row 3, Grave 1, Section 1, St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery, Leeds, NDak.
Anthony J. Deschamp
Biography:
born Westhope, NDak 16 Apr 09; resident Bottineau County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 22 Jul 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 24 May 44 Italy; buried in Plot 18 at Westhope Catholic Cemetery, Westhope, NDak.
Duwaine Dennison
Biography:
born Dickinson, NDak 6 Jan 21; resident Dunn County, NDak; entered US Army Fort Lincoln, NDak 18 Jan 39; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 6 Nov 43 Italy; buried in East of Lot 53, Block 4, Killdeer Cemetery, Killdeer, NDak,
Walter R. Dennis
Biography:
born Flasher, NDak 13 Sep 08; resident Burleigh County, NDak; entered US Navy Fargo, NDak 11 Nov 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 12 Jul 44 Hawaii; TEM1; buried in Section B, Block 1, Grave 3495, Ft Snelling National Cemetery, Mpls, Minn.
Herman C. Diede
Biography:
Corporal Herman Diede was born in Antelope, North Dakota on March 14, 1920, and attended the rural school in his home community and graduated from Hebron High School in 1938. He attended the Dickinson State Teachers College in 1939 and joined Company K of the National Guard. In 1941 he left with Company K for Camp Claiborne, La., and went overseas to New Caledonia and was last heard from on Guadalcanal. He is buried in Plot C, Grave 1611 in the National Memorial of the Pacific, Hawaii.
Wallace J. Demery
Biography:
born Kenel, SDak 23 Aug 20; resident Sioux County, Nook; entered AUS Bismarck, NDak 6 Apr 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 20 Oct 44 in Northern Ireland; buried in Section 12, Grave 982 at Arlington, Va.
Joseph J. Deitz
Biography:
born Grand Forks, NDak 29 Jan 19; resident Grand Forks County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 19 May 42; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 27 Jul 43 Guadacanal; buried in Plot 211, Lot 4, Grave 3 Calvary Cemetery, Grand Forks, NDak.
Robert P. De Forest
Biography:
born Iowa City, Iowa 14 Jan 29; resident Emmons County, NDak; entered US Army Ft Snelling, Minn 3 Oct 46; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; died in service 29 May 54 McDill AFB, Fla; burial place unk.
Earle M. Defender
Biography:
born Shields, NDak 9 Aug 21; resident Grant County, NDak; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 23 Sep 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; died in service 3 Jun 44 Italy; buried in Section 12, Grave 2408, Arlington, Va.
Leroy C. Deede
Biography:
LeRoy Clifford Deede, born 5 February 1916 in Woodworth, N.D., enlisted in the Naval Reserve 2 July 1937 in Pensacola, Florida, and was appointed a Naval Aviator 21 September 1938. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his outstanding service while commanding a PBY during a bombing attack on a Japanese naval force in Jolo Harbor, Sulu, Philippine Islands, 27 December 1941. With his plane crippled after splashing an enemy plane which tried to down him Deede crash landed at sea where he and his crew could be rescued.