Herbert Rogers
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Joined the National Guard in 1940.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 10-27-1944
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Neal Scott
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He lost his life fighting the Japanese in the Battle of Santa Cruz. After being mortally wounded, young Scott told his shipmates: Keep those guns firing, mates! His last words, whispered to a shipmate, were for his parents: To have you and mother for these 24 years have been all that I could ask for in this world. His valor was featured in a book by William Ewing. Memorial marker at Fort McKinley in Manila, PI. A destroyer escort was named the Neal A. Scott in his honor.
Age at Death: 24
Image Source: newsprint
Joshua Shields, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action at the Belgian Bulge.
Age at Death: 19
Image Source: CO 1-31-45
James Roland
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Fred L. Seagle
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Listed on the Mecklenburg County YMCA Honor List.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Woodrow Shirah
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in the invasion of France while rendering aid to wounded comrades. Memorial service on Apr 15, 1945 at his mothers home presided over by pastor from Duncan Memorial Methodist Church.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 8-29-44
Otto Riddle
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Since Sept. 1944, he had completed 27 missions. He was killed in an air crash, while on a practice bombing mission in Italy. Buried in a US cemetery in southern Italy. Memorial service at Thomasboro Presbyterian on May 9, 1946.
Age at Death: 23
Image Source: Charlotte News 1-28-45
Marshall Roland
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Europe. Memorial marker at Henri-Chapelle, Belgium.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Julius Mack Julie Sealy, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His bomber was shot down over Austria while on a mission to bomb Wiener Neudorf. Although several chutes were seen leaving the plane and some of his comrades were POWs, German records show that he was buried in Andau, Austria. Flew on about 20 missions. Memorial service at Tabernacle ARP Church on May 26, 1946.
Age at Death: 24
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 7-29-1944
Raleigh Shoemaker
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was on one of his first missions as a commander of a large number of B-17s, which was organized at Geiger Field, Spokane, WA, since October, 1943. His plane went down after receiving flak hits in the engines. He had only been in England for 10 days.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlote Observer 8-25-1944