Jackson County IA Archives Military Records.....Denlinger, Jr., Dale June 11, 1951
Korea U. S. Army
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Three Jackson County Serviceman Killed In Plane Crash
Maquoketa Community Press, June 11, 1951

Three Jackson County Servicemen Killed in Plane Crash

Plans to surprise their parents by flying home from Fort Hood, Texas, ended in 
tragedy for three Jackson County servicemen when the plane in which they were 
passengers crashed near Stringtown, Oklahoma, killing all three. Losing their 
lives were: Dale Denlinger, Jr., 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Denlinger of 
Maquoketa; Bertrand Kirk, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kirk of Otter Creek; 
John Gregorich, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Gregorich of Bernard.

Funeral services for two of the Jackson County victims were set with the 
arrival of the bodies and their military escorts at Carson Funeral home here 
Wednesday night. The body of Dale Denlinger, Jr. will be at the funeral home 
until 3 p.m. today and then taken to his home north of Maquoketa until funeral 
services at 11 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart church here. He will be buried at 
Maquoketa’s Sacred Heart Cemetery. Funeral services for Bertrand Kirk will be 
held at 9 a.m. Friday at the Otter Creek Catholic church, with burial to be 
made there. His body is at the funeral home and will remain there until the 
services.


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