Dwight Bacon

  • 2nd Lieutenant
  • World War II
  • West Wall (by Entrance Door)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Jan 10, 1918

Jun 22, 1943

Biography

Year at ISU: 1941

Second Lieutenant Dwight Garfield Bacon was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on January 10, 1918. He was the son of Dr. L. F. and Violet Bacon.

Dwight married Virginia Rose Sanborn on November 29, 1941 in Kirksville, Missouri.

He left Iowa State College to work in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Our record of his military career is scant. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant in Hondo, Texas and became a navigator. He died in the High Sierras, California on June 22, 1943.

If you have any further information on Dwight Garfield Bacon, please contact the Memorial Union.