William Denton Dysart

Denton was born 23 November 1918 in College Place, Walla Walla, Washington, fourth child of Carl Bacon Dysart and Ruth Irene Ackley. He lived with his family in College Place.

Denton married (living) on 11 July 1942 in Walla Walla.

On 25 November 1942, Denton enlisted in the United States Army as a private in the quartermaster corps. At the time he'd completed one year of college and his occupation was that of "addressing-embossing machine operator or clerk, general". He was five feet, five inches tall and weighed 119 pounds.

During World War II, he served with the 459th bomb group of the 15th AAF in Italy. They had completed 244 missions, dropping 14,900 tons of bombs and contributing to the Germans' defeat. As of 14 August 1945, he had returned to Walla Walla after twenty months overseas.

Denton and his wife had no children. They lived in Walla Walla.

Denton died 25 January 2001 in Walla Walla and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Walla Walla.