Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died in a Norfolk Naval Hospital. Funeral services on Sep 15, 1944 at Wilmore Presbyterian Church with burial at Sharon Memorial Park.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte News 9-14-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Drowned at Bougainville. Memorial marker at Ft. William McKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action.
Age at Death: 19
Image Source: The Charlote Observer 5-17-1945
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in service according to July 6, 1945 news article. Memorial service at Steele Creek on Dec 30, 1945.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Missing in action over Europe. Memorial marker in the Netherlands.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was returning from a routine combat training flight piloting a C-47 troop carrier plane. He was killed when the plane crashed. His funeral was at Enderly park Baptist church on 9-24-1944. Internment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Charlotte.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 9-22-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action after having been overseas only a few months.
Age at Death: 22
Image Source: Newsprint unknown
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Germany on February 21 while guiding a troop of litter bearers. Buried in the US Cemetery in Luxembourg.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action. His wife had heard from friends that he had died before she received official notification from the War Dept. Six months later while at the Broadway Theater in uptown Charlotte, she saw a quick glance of him in a foxhole on Iwo Jima. The manager of the Broadway, E. J. Norman, snipped the 2 negatives from the reel of film and had enlargements made for Mrs. Taylor. She wanted them for her young daughter, who had never seen her father. His memorial service was at the Hutchinson Ave. Baptist Church.
Age at Death: 22
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed by an enemy bullet, while crawling to his position on Hill 706 in Italy. He was buried overseas. His memorial service was held at Pritchard Memorial Baptist Church on 9-27-1944.
Age at Death: 21
Image Source: Family photo