Charles Swan
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 8-6-1944
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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
Simon Robinson, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Theodore Schneidt
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Immigrated to the US in about 1922, and lived in Brooklyn until 1942. Asked not to be exempted because he was 38. Buried American Cemetery #1, St. Lo, France. Memorial marker at Epimal, France.
Age at Death: 38
Image Source: Charlotte News 9-3-44
Henry Red Sherrill
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died of wounds received in an attack by a Japanese plane, while working on board the USS Wesson. He died in the battle of Okinawa. Memorial service held July 1, 1945, at Belmont Park Methodist Church.
Age at Death: 19
Image Source: Carolina Room photo
Charles Roger
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Edgar Scott
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Burma, fighting with the British 14th Army. During one of the intense bombardments of the Burma campaign, he was hit by shrapnel.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College publication
Samuel Sherrill
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library