Thomas Squires
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Had been overseas 18 days when he was killed in France. Memorial marker in Normandy, France.
Age at Death: 21
Image Source: Carolina Room photo
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Hobart Sutton
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: After enlisting, he volunteered for immediate overseas duty and was sent to Hawaii in 9/1942. Killed on Lone Tree Hill near Maffin Bay, while acting as a forward observer. Memorial service at First Baptist Church on July 14, 1946.Buried in an American cemetery overseas.
Age at Death: 21
Image Source: Carolina Room photo
John Sloan
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was origianlly listed as missing, when his submarine, the Snook, failed to return from a patrol in enemy waters in the Pacific. Memorial marker at Ft mcKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: 27
Image Source: The Charlotte News 5-15-1946
Alexander St. Clair
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was a passenger on a plane that failed to arrive at its destination.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College annuals
Charles Swan
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 8-6-1944
Geddie Bill Smathers, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in an accident in Mississippi.
Age at Death: 20
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Jesse Stape Stapleton
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Jesse was killed during an attack by fragments from an artillery shell. He is buried in the U. S. Military Cemetery in Nettuno, Italy, Plot 2-C, Row 49, Grave 3898. A memorial Marker was placed at Sicily- Rome, Italy.
Age at Death: 26
Image Source: Family photo
James Talbert
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died aboard a ship in San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf in the vicinity of the island of Leyte. A Japanese bomb was dropped on his ship, then the plane crashed into the ship. Burial services were held on 11-14-1944 in the U. S. Cemetery, Tacloban, Leyte.
Age at Death: 21
Image Source: Family photo
Alfonzo Smith
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
James Starnes
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action. He was buried with military honors at the Van Wyck cemetery in June 1948.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: newsprint