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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was first reported missing on 2-6-1945. He was later declared dead on a date unknown in the American area.
Age at Death: 25
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in a plane accident over England. It involved the collision of two B-17 bombers. His group had completed 90 missions over Germany.
Age at Death: 27
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 6-1-1945
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action when his company attempted to establish a beachhead on the east banks of the Moselle River.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 4-14-1945
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: On 2-20-1944, he was flying over Koblenz, Germany and was last seen behind the formation with one engine smoking.
Age at Death: 25
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 7-18-1945
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action while performing his job as a radio operator on a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Reported missing when his plane crashed into the sea. Memorial service at Allen Street Baptist Church on Jul 9, 1944.
Age at Death: 22
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 4-14-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Had put in over 100 hours of combat flying in a heavy bomber when his plane was reported missing over Burma.
Age at Death: 22
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 11-21-1943
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action. He was a POW held by Japan and died in the sinking of the POW transport ship the Arisan Maru.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was listed as Missing in his school newsletter, The Alumni Review in 10/1944. He was listed on the 1946 YMCA Honor List as killed in service.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Was killed when his car overturned on a causeway in Miami, FL. His service was held in Mint Hill, and internment was in Sharon Memorial Park on 7/19/45.
Age at Death: 18
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 7/18/45
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in a hunting accident. His funeral service was at the Baptist Church in Dudley, SC, and his burial was at the Dudley cemetery.
Age at Death: 31
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Buried at the American Military Cemetery in Marzanello, Italy, plot U, Row 10, Grave 118. Memorial service at the Huntersville Baptist Church on Aug. 27, 1944.
Age at Death: 26
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Fatally wounded in France.Entered the service with the National Guard in 1940. Memorial service at the Second Presbyterian Church on Sep 17, 1944.
Age at Death: 24
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 8-30-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: File notes that he and his brother, Pat, were possibly Marines and were both killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: USS Rowan torpedoed in Tyrrhenian Sea, near Sicily, Italy. Memorial marker at Sicily-Rome Cemetery, Italy.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 9/3/44
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action on his first mission as a tail gunner on a A-20 Havoc. A memorial service was held at the Huntersville A.R.P. Church on May 27, 1945.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in an accident while trying to remove a mine. He was buried with full military honors in the 10th Row, Plot R at Margraten Cemetery, between Maastricht and Aachen, Holland.
Age at Death: 35
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action. He is buried at the Cambridge American Cemetery in Cambridge, England - Plot B, Row, Grave 32.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Memorial services held at Grace Church in Union County on July 29, 1945. Died of wounds received in the Battle of Okinawa and is buried on Okinawa.
Age at Death: 24
Image Source: Charlotte News 7-19-45
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was one of 17 men killed when two B-24 bombers collided in air. His funeral was at the Highland Baptist Church in Hickory on 10-31-1943.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library