Glen Vaughn
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His name was listed on the Y. M. C. A.s list of Honored Dead.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
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Odom Webb
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had been in action on Saipan before being sent to Okinawa. Memorial marker in Honolulu, HI.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 6-16-1945
George Tipton
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in a forest in Northeastern France in an enemy counter-attack. Buried in a American Military Cemetery in northeastern France.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
Thomas Vest
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was designated by the War Dept. as DNB-died non battle.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Adolphus Webb, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He entered the Canadian Air Corps at age 19. After Pearl Harbor was attacked, he transferred to the U. S. Air Corps. He had been flying with the 27th Fighter Squadron in Italy. He was last seen when his squadron was escorting B-26 planes to a bombing mission in Italy, when they went to the aid of three P-38 planes, which were being attacked by the enemy. He was first reported as missing and was later declared dead.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 12-9-1944
John Tipton
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died in an automobile accident at Jackson Barracks, New Orleans, LA. Funeral services July 14 at Douglas and Sing Mortuary, with interment at Elmwood, section BB-30. Listed on Elmwood index as Timmons.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Gonsolio Vincent
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Unavailable
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
George Wells
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in a plane crash on 3-12-1944 while being evacuated with 32 others to a Leyte hospital. All were killed.
Age at Death: 24
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 2-1-1946
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