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{{Infobox person
| name=Duvall Cortez "D. C." Wimberly, Sr.
| name=Duvall Cortez "D. C." Wimberly, Sr.
(Educator and former president of American Ex-Prisoners of War)
(Educator and former president of American Ex-Prisoners of War)
| birth_date=September 14, 1917
| birth_date=September 14, 1917
| birth_place=Ringgold, Bienville Parish, [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
| birth_place=Ringgold, Bienville Parish, [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
| death_date=January 27, 2007 (aged 89)
| death_date=January 27, 2007 (aged 89)
| death_place=Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana
| death_place=Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana
| resting_place=Wimberly Family Cemetery in Bienville Parish
| resting_place=Wimberly Family Cemetery in Bienville Parish
| spouse=Inez Gamble Wimberly (married 1943-2007, his death)<br>
| spouse=Inez Gamble Wimberly (married 1943-2007, his death)<br>
'''Children:''' <br>
'''Children:''' <br>
Ringgold (Louisiana) High School<br>
Ringgold (Louisiana) High School<br>
[[Northwestern State University]]<br>
[[Northwestern State University]]<br>
[[Louisiana State University<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
[[Auburn University]]<br>
[[Auburn University]]<br>
'''Notes:'''<br>
'''Notes:'''<br>
*D.C. Wimberly said that as an ex-[[POW]] in Stalag XII in [[Germany]], he had learned to "help those who cannot help themselves."<br>
*D.C. Wimberly said that as an ex-[[POW]] in Stalag XII in [[Germany]], he had learned to "help those who cannot help themselves."<br>
* Wimberly was awarded the [[Bronze Star]], [[Purple Heart]], and Battle Stars for his [[World War II]] service.<br>
* Wimberly was awarded the [[Bronze Star]], [[Purple Heart]], and Battle Stars for his [[World War II]] service.<br>
*From 1974 to 1975, Wimberly headed the veterans' organizastion, American Ex-Prisoners of War.
*From 1974 to 1975, Wimberly headed the veterans' organizastion, American Ex-Prisoners of War.
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'''Duvall Cortez Wimberly, Sr.''', known as '''D. C. Wimberly''' (September 14, 1917 – January 27, 2007), was a [[United States Army]] soldier taken [[prisoner of war]] in the [[Europe]]an theater of [[World War II]] and a past national commander of American Ex-Prisoners of War, a veterans organization based in Arlington, [[Texas]]. He was also an [[educator]] and school administrator for thirty-seven years in Bienville and Webster parishes in northwestern [[Louisiana]].<ref name=obit>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=86208223|title=D. C. Wimberly|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=January 29, 2007|accessdate=?}}</ref>4ry
'''Duvall Cortez Wimberly, Sr.''', known as '''D. C. Wimberly''' (September 14, 1917 – January 27, 2007), was a [[United States Army]] soldier taken [[prisoner of war]] in the [[Europe]]an theater of [[World War II]] and a past national commander of American Ex-Prisoners of War, a veterans organization based in Arlington, [[Texas]]. He was also an [[educator]] and school administrator for thirty-seven years in Bienville and Webster parishes in northwestern [[Louisiana]].<ref name=obit>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=86208223|title=D. C. Wimberly|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=January 29, 2007|accessdate=?}}</ref>4ry
==Wartime service==
==Wartime service==
Wimberly was a cousin of [[Lorris Wimberly]], a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Bienville Parish who also served on three occasions as the state House [[Speaker]] between 1936 and 1956. His brother, Lucian McDade "Dade" Wimberly (1922–1990), was a Louisiana state trooper from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], seat of Webster Parish, who ran unsuccessfully for chief of police in 1970.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'', August 19, 1970, p. 1,</ref>
Wimberly was a cousin of [[Lorris Wimberly]], a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Bienville Parish who also served on three occasions as the state House [[Speaker]] between 1936 and 1956. His brother, Lucian McDade "Dade" Wimberly (1922–1990), was a Louisiana state trooper from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], seat of Webster Parish, who ran unsuccessfully for chief of police in 1970.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'', August 19, 1970, p. 1,</ref>
Wimberly died at the age of eighty-nine and is interred at the Wimberly Cemetery south of Ringgold in Bienville Parish.
Wimberly died in Springhill at the age of eighty-nine and is interred at the Wimberly Cemetery south of Ringgold in Bienville Parish.
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