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S1c Richard Norbert Dahlheimer
Richard Norbert Dahlheimer was born Dec. 29, 1920 in St. Paul, Minnesota, to William Dahlheimer, a farmer, and Alice Anfang Dahlheimer, a homemaker. They were Catholics.
The family lived about a half-hour from St. Paul in the town of Rogers (population 274). The son graduated from nearby Elk River High School in 1939.
He enlisted in the Navy On Jan. 16, 1940, as an apprentice seaman earning $21 a month. Mr. Dahlheimer was a seaman first class on the U.S.S. Arizona when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
An older brother, Clarence, was on a heavy cruiser, the U.S.S. Minneapolis, the day of the attack. His ship was also based at Pearl Harbor but was about eight miles out to sea for gunnery practice. Clarence served in the Navy from December 1940 through February 1947.
Sources: The Minneapolis (Minnesota) Star; Census; Navy enlistment records and muster rolls; U.S. Department of Veterans Affair death file. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
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