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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died in his sleep when a tree fell across his tent. He was buried on an island with full military honors.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: 6-20-1943 The Charlotte Observer
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was on his 15th mission in a plane that was shot down over Germany.Memorial marker at Ardennes, France.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 1-9-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Parachutist with invasion forces on D-Day at Normandy beachhead. Memorial service at Belmont Park Methodist Church. Memorial marker at Normandy, France.
Age at Death: 26
Image Source: Charlotte News 9-9-44
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died between October 16-31, 1942, according to a column published in the newspaper on 11-13-1942.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Crew on ammunition carrier Ship Jno. Morgan that was struck by an oil tanker in the Atlantic, exploded and sank.
Age at Death: 26
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 11-14-1943
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Completed 20 air missions in 6 weeks oversea. He was a crew chief and turret gunner aboard a B-24 Liberator when lost over Papa, Hungary.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 9-5-45
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed off of Okinawa when his munitions ship exploded after being struck by a Japanese suicide plane, according to a May 16, 1945 article.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Became a POW after being captured by the Japanese in the Philippines. Was being moved aboard the Japanese vessel Oryoku Maru when it was sunk.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was previouly reported missing in action and later listed as killed in action in Normandy on June 8, 1944.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte News 7-5-1945
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was aboard the U. S. S. Bismarck Sea, which was sunk during the invasion of Iwo Jima.
Age at Death: 19
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 3-6-1945
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died of wounds received at the battle of Cherbourg on Jun 25, 1944. Voted a typical American soldier by Popular Science magazine before he was shipped overseas.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle and buried overseas. Memorial marker at Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery in Honolulu, HI. See W. S. Helms.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: No other information is known about him. He did not appear on the Honor Roll, published in 1946, by the War Dept. See Samuel W. Helms.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was sent overseas in December, 1943. He was wounded on 7-16-1944 and died the next day. Memorial marker in Normandy, France.
Age at Death: 23
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 8-30-1944
<p>Marriage: Mr. John P. Arnold and Miss Alice McKelvey Location: Gaston County, NC Married by W.G. Rutledge, Esq. Family Information: Unknown - Add to this story below. Source: Charlotte Democrat - 5/10/1878</p>
<p>Source: <em>Charlotte Democrat</em>, May 15, 1876</p><p>Year of Death: 1876</p><p>Age at Death: 27</p>
<p>Source: <em>Charlotte Democrat</em>, June 10, 1887</p><p>Year of Death: 1887</p><p>Age at Death: 21</p>
Additional Information: Charlotte Observer, December 1, 1918, p.4, listed "William R. Bratton" among those "Fallen for Freedom"
Age at Death: 19
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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in the Pacific. Memorial service at Derita Methodist Church Nov 22, 1942. Photos of grave in file. Buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ("The Punchbowl"), Honolulu, HI.
Though his family wanted him to attend the University of North Carolina, William Myers (1818-1901), born in Anson County, chose instead to go Texas and join the army in 1837.