Military Involvement

Servicemen * Du - surnames

James Cornelius Dunn was born June 25, 1925 to William A. and Mary J. Pigott Dunn. He died Oct. 12, 2004 and is buried in Meriden Cemetery, Meriden, IA.

James served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.

Source: ancestry.com

William Charles Dushinske was born Sept. 1, 1927 to William and Florence Dushinske. He died May 15, 2016.

William served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Graffias (AF-29) in the South Pacific. He participated in the occupation of Japan when his ship entered Mutsu Bay in Northern Honshu. The Graffias was a unit of the N. Pacific Fleet that came from the Aleutian Islands to begin the occupation of Hokkaido and Northern Honshu, by taking over the Ominato Naval Base on Mutsu Bay, headquarters of the Japanese 5th Fleet.

Source: ancestry.com

Garland Fred Duvall was born Dec. 29, 1924 to Fred J. and Jessie E. Brownmiller Duvall. He died June 6, 2000 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee, IA.

Garland served in World War II with the U.S. Army.

Source: ancestry.com

ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Apr 2019