Dean Michael Bakka was born Aug. 28, 1923 to Henry Martin and Mabel Amanda Jacobson Bakka. He died June 6, 1944 and is buried in Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France. He has a cenotaph in Roland Cemetery, Roland, IA.
Petty Officer Bakka served in World War II with the U.S. Navy ATTC 11th Amphibious Force and died on D-Day off Omaha Beach.
Source: ancestry.com
