Cerro Gordo County

Dale E. Hurd

 

Hamilton County

Dale E. Hurd

Entered Service: August 8, 1942
Branch of Service: Navy
Trained: Great Lakes, Illinois
  Columbia, Missouri
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Served On: the Saugatuck and Montague
Embarkation: February 1, 1943
Theatre of Operation: European and Pacific
Engagements: Marshall, Gilbert and Saipan Islands
Returned to U. S. January 1, 1945
Discharged: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  January 19, 1946
Rating: Machinists Mate Third Class
Served: 40 months
Father: Howard H. Hurd
Wife: Gladys Hurd

Source: Service Record Book of Men & Women World War II, Meservey, Iowa, p. 13 (photo included)

Dale Eugene Hurd was born May 12, 1922 to Howard Horace and Nellie Marie Manning Hurd. He died July 5, 1989.

Dale served with the U.S. Navy in World War II aboard the USS Saugatauk (AO-75) and USS Montague (AKA-98).

Source: ancestry.com