Floyd County

 

Petty Officer Virgil Duane Deets

 

 

Virgil Duane Deets was born Nov. 16, 1919 to Benjamin Franklin and Anna Grosch Deets. He died Mar. 1, 1945 and is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Petty Officer Deets served in World War II with the U.S. Navy and was KIA on Iwo Jima in the service of his country.

Source: ancestry.com