- SURNAME
Dirks
- FORENAME
Leonard Frederick
- UNIT
1st Ranger Bn. (Company A)
- RANK
Captain
- NUMBER
0-386526
- AWARD
Silver Star
- PLACE
- 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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