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Personal info

Full name
DEAKYNE, Duane Dodds
Date of birth
14 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio
Hometown
Miami County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35625520
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Elsenborn, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 13 8

Immediate family

Members
Ross E. Deakyne (father)
Willemma (Dodds) Deakyne (mother)
Gladys L. (McCoy) Deakyne (wife)
Duane D. Deakyne II (son)

More information

T/5 Duane D. Deakyne graduated from McClain High School with the class of 1942.

He enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 25 January 1943 and was sent overseas service in October 1944.

His wife received a letter written 6 June 1945 by Col. J.R. Jeter, commander of the 394th Infantry, explaining the circumstances of Cpl Deakyne's death. Col Jeter said the officers and men of the unit joined him in extending their sympathy to Mrs. Deakyne and a seven and a half months-old son, whom the father had never seen.
The infantry commander's letter disclosed Cpl Deakyne was killed in the vicinity of Elsenborn, Belgium. Battlefield service was held, with a chaplain of the Protestant faith officiating at the funeral, he said.
Col Jeter said Cpl Deakyne was defending his position from an enemy counter-attack when he was killed by fire from enemy mortars. His body was recovered after the ground was retaken from the Germans.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Terry Deakyne Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Press-Gazette / Chillicothe Gazette

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Chillicothe Gazette, Jef Lemmens