World War II · United States Marine Corps
Marine aviation serviceman
Marine air service · aerology training in Hawaii
Enlisted July 1942 · service chronology under research
His story
LaVerne Everette Dutton was the youngest of four Dutton brothers serving in aviation-related roles during World War II. A January 1944 Wisconsin State Journal profile placed the nineteen-year-old Marine in Hawaii for aerology training and recorded his expected return to the mainland for further instruction. The 1926 Daniel Davis News supplies a contemporary family notice for his birth on 26 October 1924, while exact service units, stations, and later life details remain under research.
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Long-form sources are kept in separate reading rooms so LaVerne Everette Dutton’s profile can remain a clear guide to his life, service, and surviving records.
At a glance
Every statement is phrased according to the strength of the evidence currently held or identified.
Operational timeline
The August 1926 Daniel Davis News lists Walter and Pearl Dutton of Sparta, Wisconsin, and their son ‘Everett La Verne,’ born 26 October 1924. The notice preserves a contemporary family spelling that differs slightly from the name form used on this profile.
The wartime newspaper profile reports that LaVerne enlisted in July 1942 after attending Sparta High School.
The Wisconsin State Journal described nineteen-year-old LaVerne as serving with Marine aviation in Hawaii, taking aerology training, and expecting to return to the States the following month for further training. The article placed him alongside brothers Kenneth, Eldon, and Ralph.
Existing family-tree matches give LaVerne Everette Dutton’s life span as 1924–1993. The archive is seeking vital and burial records before adding more precise dates and locations.
Beyond the uniform
A military file can record a rank, unit, wound, or death—but not a laugh, a favorite story, an occupation, or the way a person was known at home. This section is reserved for photographs, letters, memories, and the details of LaVerne Everette Dutton’s life outside his service.
Documents & evidence
What is known, what comes from family memory, and what the archive is still seeking.
Further records
Contemporary evidence for his enlistment month, age, Marine aviation affiliation, Hawaii aerology training, and planned further training.
A contemporary Davis-family birth notice gives 26 October 1924 and the name form ‘Everett La Verne.’
Suggest a life span of 1924–1993, but exact dates and places remain to be verified from the underlying records.
Needed for his complete service dates, rank, units, stations, aerology specialty, awards, and discharge.