DINES, Jeffery Thomas, Pvt. 1947-1967

DINES, RATHE, WROE, ERICSON

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 10/14/2012 at 03:38:00

Jeffery Thomas Dines
Nov. 8, 1947 - Jan. 13, 1967

#1:

WATERLOO MARINE
KILLED IN VIET;
FIFTH FROM CITY

The war in Vietnam has claimed the life of another Waterloo serviceman.

Pvt. Jeffery T. Dines, 19, of the U.S. Marine Corps, died Friday when the truck in which he was riding exploded a mine near Chu Lai, in Vietnam.

Dines was a member of Headquarters Company, 9th Engineering Battalion, 1st Marine Division.

Dines was the son of John Dines. He had lived with his guardian, Mrs. Rena B. Wroe, at 307 Newell St. Dine's father also resides there.

Dines attended East High School for a time but quit to enlist in the Marines at 17. He had been in Vietnam since July, 1966, and was due to return home in six months.

Dines' body will be returned to the Kearns-Dykeman Funeral Home.

The inspector - instructor staff from the Marine Corps Reserve Training Center, Waterloo, will furnish military honors as requested by the family.

Dines was a member of the Calvary Evangelistic United Brethren Church and his services will be conducted there.

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Sunday, January 15, 1967, Waterloo, Iowa]
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#2:

WATERLOO MARINE KILLED IN ACTION

WATERLOO, IOWA - Marine Pvt. Jeffrey T. Dines, 19, of Waterloo, was killed Friday in action at Chu Lai, South Vietnam, the Defense Department reported Saturday.

Mrs. Rena Wroe of Waterloo, Pvt. Dines' guardian, said he died of a brain injury when a truck he was riding in detonated a mine. Pvt. Dines was assigned to Headquarters Co., 9th Engineering Battalion, 1st Marine Division.

Survivors include his father, John Dines of Waterloo; his mother, who is divorced and has remarried; a sister and several brothers.

Dines had been a Marine about three years.

[Des Moines Register, Sunday, January 15, 1967, Des Moines, Iowa]
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#3:

PFC. JEFFREY T. DINES

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Calvary EUB church for Pfc. Jeffrey T. Dines, 19, of 307 Newell St. The Rev. R. C. Pfaltzgraff, pastor of the church, will officiate and burial will be in the Garden of Memories. The Inspector- Instructor Staff of the 7th 105 Howitzer Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps will take part in and have charge of the complete military service at the church and the cemetery.

Friends may call at Kearns-Dykeman Chapel after 7 p.m. Monday and the body will be taken to the church at noon Wednesday.

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Monday, January 23, 1967, Waterloo, Iowa]
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#4:

Jeffery's parents were:
Mother: Dorothy Kathline Rathe Dines 1920-2012
Father: John Russell Dines 1917 - 1971
The 2012 obit of Dorothy Dines listed surviving children: John Arthur (Sonny) Dines of Hamilton, James Lee Dines of Irvin, CA, Jerald Lyn Dines of Summerville, OH, Joel Carl Dines of Camarillo, CA, Judith Helenetta Dines Ericson of IL, and Jason Alden Dines of Los Lumas, NM.

Two sons preceded her: Richard Robert Dines (lived 3 mo.) and Jeffery Thomas Dines.
[Research Credit: Linda Mae Goodpaster Dines]

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#5:

Jeffery was my husband's younger brother. The above obituary's have many facts wrong. Jeffery was kidnapped by his father and taken to Iowa where he was left with Mrs. Rowe. His mother tried for years to get him back but the Iowa courts would not honor her Illinois custody papers. His mother and father were not divorced at the time of his death but were divorced later that year. His mother never remarried and died in May of 2012 at the age of 91.

Jeffery's death was not from head injuries. That is what the Army told the family, I suppose it was easier than telling them the gruesome truth. I learned a few years ago from a soldier that was stationed with Jeffery how he died. He did die in a truck explosion but the injuries were far worse than a simple head injury. He did die quickly and did not suffer.

[The above was added to the Courier obits, on Findagrave, by Linda Dines.]

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