Born:  17 November 1917 - Bear Creek, Wisconsin

Parents: Rosmer & Lydia Dery

Siblings: 1 sister

Home: 974 Jackson Street, Janesville, Wisconsin

    - lived with relative

Enlisted:  Wisconsin National Guard

Inducted: 

    - U. S. Army

        - November 25, 1940 - Janesville, Wisconsin

Training:  

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty:  

    Philippine Islands

Engagements:

    - Battle of Luzon  

    - Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War:  

    - April 9, 1942

         - Death March

POW Camps: 

    - Philippine Islands: 

       - Camp O'Donnell

       - Cabanatuan

Died: 

    - 15 July 1942 - dysentery

        - Approximate time of death - 2:00 AM

Buried:

    - American Military Cemetery - Manila, Philippine Islands