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Personal info

Full name
DENEKE, Dale C
Date of birth
1926
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Nebraska
Hometown
Lancaster County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
17132240
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Field Artillery Battalion,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 December 1944
Place of death
Near Saarlautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 48 14

Immediate family

Members
Charles E. Deneke (father)
Lucille (Worrell) Deneke (mother)
William L. Deneke (brother)
Billy Deneke (brother)
Charlotte Deneke (sister)

More information

Pvt Dale C. Deneke joined the Regular Army in Omaha, Nebraska on 19 March 1943.

He attended high school for 3 years.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France


Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov –WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Deneke Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: -, www.ancestry.com - The Nebraska State Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska)