"D" Surnames - WWI Military Biographies for Jackson Co., MN
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Source:  "Victory Jackson County Minnesota in the World War" published 1921
by Neulen & Lueneburg, Lakefield, MN.

DAY, Kenneth G.

Kenneth G. Day - pg. 31 - photo included
Private, Co. C, 306th Infantry; son of Z.C. Day, Jackson, Minn.; entered
service April 15, 1917, at Bristol, S. Dak.; to Camp Cody, August 26, 1917;
to Camp Merritt, June 28, 1918; overseas July 20, 1918; engaged in battles
of Argonne, Oyse, Ainse, Vesle, Lorraine; gassed in battle of Argonne;
mustered out May 16, 1919, Camp Dodge, Iowa.

DEMOURE, Pearley Elmer

Pearley Elmer DeMoure - pg. 39 - photo included
Private, 74th Co., 6th Regiment; son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry DeMoure, Okabena,
Minn.; entered service May 28, 1918, at St. Paul, Minn.; to Paris Island on
same day; to Quantico, Va., July 10, to New York, July 25, 1918; overseas
August 2, 1918; engaged in battles of Champagne, Belleau Woods, St. Mihiel,
Argonne Forest; wounded in battle of Argonne Forest November 1, 1918;
mustered out May 30, 1919, at Philadelphia.

DENNIS, John

John Dennis - pg. 61 - photo included
Private, Battery C, 103rd Field Artillery, 33rd Division; son of Mr. and
Mrs. O. Dennis, Jackson, Minn.; entered service July 12, 1917, at
Worthington, Minn.; to Camp Cody, October 1, 1917; to Camp Merritt, June 18,
1918; overseas July 12, 1918; engaged in battles of St. Mihiel and
Meuse-Argonne; mustered out June 8, 1919, at Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in
Minnesota National Guards then transferred to Artillery; transferred to 33rd
Division after armistice.

DIRKS, Dick

Dick Dirks - pg. 51 - photo included
Private, Co. I, 343rd Infantry, 86th Division; son of Henry Dirks, Round
Lake, Minn.; entered service June 25, 1918, at Jackson, Minn.; to Camp
Grant, June 26, 1918; to Camp Mills, August 28, 1918; overseas September 21,
1918; engaged in battles of Verdun; mustered out April 2, 1919, at Camp
Grant, Ill.

DIRKS, Karl

Karl Dirks - pg. 51 - photo included
Private, Engineers, 13th Prov. Rec't. Co.; son of Henry Dirks, Round Lake,
Minn.; entered service October 22, 1918, at Jackson, Minn.; to Camp Forrest,
October 25, 1918; mustered out October 30, 1918, at Camp Forrest.

DOLL, H.G.

H.G. Doll - pg. 63 - photo included
Sergeant, 46th Co. Infantry, 161st Depot Brigade; son of Mrs. Herman Doll,
Lakefield, Minn.; entered service at Jackson, Minn., on June 25, 1918; to
Camp Grant, Ill., June 26, 1918; mustered out of service at Camp Grant,
Ill., December 14, 1918.

DOLL, Harry R.

Harry R. Doll - pg. 63 - photo included
Corporal, Co. A, 313 Supply Train, Quartermaster Corps, 88th Division; son
of Mrs. Herman Doll, Lakefield, Minn.; entered service at Jackson, Minn.,
April 29, 1917; to Camp Dodge, April 30, 1917; to Camp Hawthorne, Ill, May
30, 1917; to Camp Holavarda, Md., June 25, 1917; to Hoboken, N.J., August 5,
1917; arrived overseas, September 5; saw service on Alsace-Haute front;
mustered out of service at Camp Dodge, Iowa, June 15, 1919.

DRAGER, Roy William

Roy William Drager - pg. 27 - photo included
Wagoner, Supply Co., 312th Infantry, 78th Division; son of Mr. Otto and Mrs.
Emma Drager, Alpha, Minn.; entered service June 25, 1918, at Fairmont,
Minn.; to Grant, Ill., June 26, 1918; to Camp Robinson, July 15, 1918;
overseas September 24, 1918; engaged in battles of Meuse-Argonne; mustered
out June 2, 1919, at Camp Dodge, Iowa.

DRAHOTA , Frank

Frank Drahota - page 12 - photo included
Private, Engineers Corps, Co. D, 6th Battalion, 20th Engineers; son of Mr.
and Mrs. Adolph Drahota, Jackson, Minn.; entered service December 13, 1917
at St. Paul, Minn.; died in the service February 5, 1918; drowned with the
sinking of the Tuscania off the Irish coast while carrying U.S. troops
February 5, 1918.

DUDDLES, Ralph E.

Ralph E. Duddles - pg. 39 - photo included
Y.M.C.A., Canteen Secretary, 2nd Battalion, 352nd Infantry, 88th Division;
son of Thomas Duddles, Ashton, Mich.; entered service June 25, 1918, at
Okabena, Minn.; overseas August 7, 1918; mustered out June 4, 1919, at N.Y.;
attached to 2nd Battalion, 352nd Infantry September 3, made thirteen moves
on Alsace and Toul Sectors in thirteen weeks, spent winter at Jondrecourt;
returned with unit June 4, 1919.

DUNBAR, Grace

Grace Dunbar - page 13 - photo included
Miss Dunbar entered the service of the Government at Washington, D.C.,
becoming a member of the Regular Navy.  Miss Dunbar was making her home at
Lakefield at the time of her enlistment and has the distinction of being the
only Jackson County young woman, who belonged to the real fighting forces of
the U.S.  Returned home in the summer of 1919.

DUNKER, Richard L.

Richard L. Dunker - pg. 35 - photo included
Private, Infantry and Artillery; Co. H 5th Pioneer infantry; son of John
Dunker, Alpha, Minn.; entered service July 26, 1918; to Camp Wadsworth same
day; to Camp Stewart, August 21, 1918; overseas September 12, 1918; engaged
in battle of Argonne; mustered out July 2, 1919, at Camp Grant, Ill.

DUNLAVEY, Glen Leith

Glen Leith Dunlavey - pg. 43 - photo included
Corporal, Battery C, 47th C. Artillery; son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dunlavey,
Jackson, Minn.; entered service June 4, 1918, at Jackson, Minn.; to
Jefferson Barracks, June 5, 1918; to Ft. McKinley, June 12, 1918; to Camp
Eustis, September 17, 1919; overseas October 14, 1919; mustered out April 4,
1919, at Camp Dodge, Iowa.  Shortly after his return home he was killed by
accident.

NOTE:  typed as written in book.

DUNLAVEY, Lloyd Robert

Lloyd Robert Dunlavey - pg. 39 - photo included
Seaman, Navy, Co. 31, Can.; son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dunlavey, Jackson,
Minn.; entered service December 4, 1914, at Minneapolis, Minn.; to Camp
Decatur on same day; mustered out March 16, 1919, at Camp Decatur.

DUNN, Dr. D.J.

Dr. D.J. Dunn - pg. 45 - photo included
Private, Medical Department, 168th Field Hospital, 117th S. Train, 42nd
Division; son of Mr. M.B. Dunn, Jackson, Minn.; entered service February 5,
1918, at Granite Falls, Minn.; to Ft. Riley, February 7, 1918; to Camp
Merritt, March 21. 1918; overseas May 25, 1918; engaged in battles of
Lorraine, Champaigne, Marne, July 15, Aisne, Marne July 24, St. Mihiel,
Argonne, Meuse, October 1 to November 11; army of Occupation in Germany;
mustered out May 12, 1919.

DUNN, Kenneth Stewart

Kenneth Stewart Dunn - pg. 45 - photo included
Sergeant, Infantry, 2nd Co., 1st Battalion, Central officers training
school; son of M.B. Dunn, Jackson, Minn.; entered service August 15, 1918;
to University of Minn.; to Camp Grant, September 16, 1918; mustered out
November 30, 1918, at Camp Grant, Ill.; enlisted in the second Minn. Field
Artillery, November 17
Note:  typed as written in book.