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John Herbert Dillinger was born on June 22, 1903 in Mooresville, Indiana. He was the fourth of seven children born to John Wilson Dillinger Sr. and Mary Ellen Lancaster. Dillinger's father died when he was just 10 years old, and his mother remarried two years later. Dillinger left home at the age of 16 and worked a variety of jobs before becoming involved in crime.