{"id":658,"date":"2026-05-14T20:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/?p=658"},"modified":"2026-05-14T20:06:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:06:46","slug":"in-memoriam-captain-dennis-dyckman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/2026\/05\/14\/in-memoriam-captain-dennis-dyckman\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam &#8211; Captain Dennis Dyckman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Captain Dennis Vincent Dyckman, USNR (Ret) passed on Saturday, May 9, 2026, at his home in Shermans Dale, PA. He was 80 years old. Compatriot Dyckman was an exemplary and highly valued member of the Washingtonburg Chapter; he served on our color guard and was very active in chapter functions. In addition to being a cherished member of our chapter he also served our Nation as a submarine captain; he was the epitome of what it means to be a great American.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">If you would like to pay your respects, details can be found in his obituary below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dignitymemorial.com\/obituaries\/harrisburg-pa\/dennis-dyckman-12877830\">https:\/\/www.dignitymemorial.com\/obituaries\/harrisburg-pa\/dennis-dyckman-12877830<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"nfd-container nfd-p-md nfd-wb-gallery__gallery-1 wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-53642b31 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image nfd-rounded is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"152\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dyckman_Sitting.jpg?resize=152%2C470&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-659\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.32340526722549195;object-fit:contain;width:160px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dyckman_Sitting.jpg?w=152&amp;ssl=1 152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dyckman_Sitting.jpg?resize=97%2C300&amp;ssl=1 97w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dyckman_Sitting.jpg?resize=35%2C108&amp;ssl=1 35w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:36%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rectangular is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"910\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dyckman_Standing.jpg?resize=340%2C910&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-661\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.3736311961882471;width:239px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dyckman_Standing.jpg?w=340&amp;ssl=1 340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dyckman_Standing.jpg?resize=112%2C300&amp;ssl=1 112w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dyckman_Standing.jpg?resize=40%2C108&amp;ssl=1 40w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image nfd-rounded is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"944\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dyckman_PA_Flag.jpg?resize=280%2C944&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-660\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.29661115414407435;width:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dyckman_PA_Flag.jpg?w=280&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dyckman_PA_Flag.jpg?resize=89%2C300&amp;ssl=1 89w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dyckman_PA_Flag.jpg?resize=32%2C108&amp;ssl=1 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Captain Dennis Vincent Dyckman, USNR (Ret) passed on Saturday, May 9, 2026, at his home in Shermans Dale, PA. He was 80 years old. Compatriot Dyckman was an exemplary and highly valued member of the Washingtonburg Chapter; he served on our color guard and was very active in chapter functions. In addition to being a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/2026\/05\/14\/in-memoriam-captain-dennis-dyckman\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">In Memoriam &#8211; Captain Dennis Dyckman<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[129,130,40,71],"class_list":["post-658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","tag-dennis-dyckman","tag-in-memoriam","tag-washingtonburg","tag-washingtonburg-chapter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658\/revisions\/663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonburgsar.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}