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Daniel P. Dunkerly was born in Connecticut on August 1, 1920, to parents Daniel Peers and Karen Iversen. In Rye his family lived at 10 School Street. He went on to marry Sara Jane Blount on July 22, 1944, in Pinellas, Florida.
Date of Birth: 8/1/1920
Died On: 3/22/1945
Street Address: 10 School Street
Service Number: 6980834
Branch of Service: U.S. Army Air Corps – 429th Bomb Squadron, 15th Air Force
Dunkerley enlisted and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He was a member of the 429th Bomb Squadron of the 15th Air Force, which primarily operated out of Foggia, Italy. It engaged in long-range bombardments of targets in Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Rumania, and Greece. He was the radio operator of the plane.
Dunkerley was 24-years-old when he was killed near Breslau, Poland on March 22, 1945. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross, an Air Medal, and the Purple Heart.
Dunkerley’s body was never recovered, and he is listed on The Tablets of the Missing at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium. More on Dunkerley.
