John Denver ’ s mother was born in 1922 .
Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. was born on New Year 's Eve 1943 , in Roswell , New Mexico , to Captain ( later LTC ) Henry John `` Dutch '' Deutschendorf ( April 15 , 1920 - March 15 , 1982 ) , a United States Army Air Forces pilot stationed at Roswell AAF and his wife , Erma Louise ( née Swope ) .
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