George Wilson
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Newsprint unknown 2-26-1944
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John Wright. Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action. Services held at Belmont Park Methodist Church on Friday the 14th of ___, 1947. Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Military service graveside by Hornets Nest Post No. 9.
Age at Death: 25
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 12-19-1944
Henry Wilson
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died from wounds received in gallant action off the San Bernardino Strait in the Naval battle of the Philippines October 24-27, 1944.
Age at Death: 27
Image Source: family photo
Charles Wylie
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: A memorial service was held at West Avenue Presbyterian Church on 1-3-1945. Flowers were sent to polio children at Memorial Hospital and to the men at the Base Hospital at Morris Field.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 12-31-1944
Maxwell Tomb, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: In the 1920 census, the family lived in Charleston, West Virginia. While he was a junior high student in Charlotte, his father worked as a manager for Whitney & Kemmerer Inc. His family lived at 1007 Central Ave. in 1932. Lt. Tomb enlisted in the Army Air Corps in Harrisburg, PA. At the time of his induction, he had completed four years of high school, was currently working in the oil and gas industry and was 68 inches tall and 142 pounds. He was survived by his older brother, Robert H. Tomb of Charlotte, and his mother, Mrs. Maxwell H.
Paul Vinroot
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action while on his 22nd mission to Chi Chi Jima, which is in the Bonin Island group.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 2-3-1946
Grady West
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in service during the war. Memorial marker at Ft. McKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: 19
Image Source: Lance Family News
S. Tompkins, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Unavailable
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Edward Vlaservich
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Unavailable
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Lawrence Westmoreland
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had been overseas for 4 months and was missing in action by the War Dept. as of 12-31-1944.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 2-14-1945