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1944

PFC James A. Diemert

Eckelson Township, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 504th Parachute Infantry Regt, 82nd Airborne Division

Date of Loss: December 21, 1944 / Age: 23

Killed in action near Belgium.

1944

Corp. Walter Dietz

Grand Forks, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 26, 1944 / Age: 29

Killed in action near Italy.

1944

Private First Class Glenn A. Dilland

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 60th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 9th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 17, 1944 / Age: 36

Killed in action in France

1943

Private First Class Louis A. Dionne

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 32nd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 29, 1943 / Age: 31

Killed in action in North America

1945

Sergeant John D. Divers Jr.

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division

Date of Loss: February 12, 1945 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Leyte

1944

2nd Lieutenant Marvin L. Dock

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B-24H Liberator #42-52302 'Ken-O-Kay'

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 733rd Bomb Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 453rd Bomb Group (H)

Date of Loss: February 25, 1944 / Age: 25

Shot down by anti aircraft artillery flak on mission to Furth, and crashed just north of Nuremberg, Germany

1945

Private First Class Elmer Dockter

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 383rd Infantry Regiment

Date of Loss: April 09, 1945 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Okinawa

1943

Seaman 2nd Class Elmer V. Dockter

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS LST-387

Date of Loss: June 22, 1943 / Age: 19

At 21.31 hours on 22 Jun, 1943, U-593 fired a spread of four torpedoes at the convoy Elastic about eight miles northeast of Cape Corbelin and hit the USS LST-333 and USS LST-387 with one torpedo each.