RANGERS Dirks, Leonard Frederick

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Dirks​

• FORENAME

Leonard Frederick​

• UNIT

1st Ranger Bn. (Company A)​

• RANK

Captain​

• NUMBER

0-386526​

• AWARD

Silver Star​

• PLACE

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• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 21.10.1918 Akron, Ohio, USA​

father Henry Dirks​

mother Ethel Clair Bruns Dirks​

graduated University of Nebraska​

19.08.1941 entered service​

1st Ranger Bn.​

later 3rd Ranger Bn. (HQ Company)​

03.06.1945 married Myrthe (nee Morris) Dirks (1923-2010)​

2 daughters​

son Leonard Frederick Dirks, Jr. (1951-2022)​

1967 retired as Lt. Col.​

died 01.03.1989 Paris, Texas, USA (Aged 70)​

Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Texas, USA. Plot 27-51-04​

** SS as per Ranger Force: Darby's Rangers in World War II​

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