Military Involvement
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Thomas Frederick Dodge, Sr. was born May 18, 1920 to Thomas Frederick and Minnie May Munson Dodge. He died Dec. 6, 1973 and is buried in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Thomas served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Harry Anthony Doerfler was born Jan. 17, 1926 to Ray and Apolonia Gruber Doerfler. He died Nov 13, 2017 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Sgt. Doerfler served in World War II with the U.S. Army 106th Infantry Div., 424th Regiment and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He was awarded the Bronze Star.
Source: ancestry.com
Benjamin A. “Ben” Donaghy was born July 30, 1906 to William and Mary McGowan Donaghy. He died Oct. 1987 and is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Farrar, IA.
Pvt. Donaghy served in World War II with the U.S. Army 129th Infantry, spending 25 months in the southwest Pacific.
Source: ancestry.com
George Eugene Donahue was born Mar. 14, 1922 to George E. and Edith T. Scott Donahue. He died Aug. 11, 2007 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Sgt. Donahue served in World War II with the U.S. Army and was awarded the Bronze Star.
Source: ancestry.com
Paul Leonard Dorsey was born May 1, 1914 to John Everett and Orpha Marie Vaughn Dorsey. He died Nov. 8, 1944 and is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
Paul served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
Walter G. Dowie was born Nov. 20, 1922 to Frank D. and Lillian Mae Traffley Dowie. He died Jan. 11, 1946 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.
1st Lt. Dowie served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 424th Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Group, Heavy. He was awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
John Wesley Doyle was born Mar. 8, 1925 to Peter and Mary Belle Carr Doyle. He died Nov. 9, 1945 and is buried in Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Lorraine, France.
Sgt. Doyle served in World War II with the U.S. Army 34th Quartermaster Truck Company and died in France as the result of hepatitis.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Aug 2019; updated Jun & Jul 2020