Bartram H. Dilks, Jr. is
buried in Section M, Row B, Site 42 of the Tahoma National
Cemetery, Kent (King County), Washington.
Pfc Dilks transferred from the National Guard
Field Artillery to Regular Army at Camp Shelby, MS on 13 Nov
1941.
Selected for flight training
he received his wings as a Staff Sergeant pilot. He was
commissioned as a Flight Officer [Warrant Officer] in January
1943 and then as a Second Lieutenant on 1 June 1944.
Dilks piloted aircraft during the invasions of
Sicily, Italy and France earning the Bronze Star Medal with 1
Oak Leaf Cluster and the Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster.