Herman C. Diede

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Stark

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Corporal

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
164th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
Americal Division
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic Pacific Theater

Medals and Honors:

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Biography:

Corporal Herman Diede was born in Antelope, North Dakota on March 14, 1920, and attended the rural school in his home community and graduated from Hebron High School in 1938. He attended the Dickinson State Teachers College in 1939 and joined Company K of the National Guard. In 1941 he left with Company K for Camp Claiborne, La., and went overseas to New Caledonia and was last heard from on Guadalcanal.  He is buried in Plot C, Grave 1611 in the National Memorial of the Pacific, Hawaii.