Gero Piper
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action soon after his regiment arrived in Luxembourg and took part in the Battle of the Bulge.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College publication
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Joseph Price
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His plane was seen falling during a bombing mission over Germany. This was his 19th mission.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 12-4-1945
Blair Reynolds
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Italy. Memorial marker at Sicily-Rome Cemetery in Italy.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 7-13-1944
Herbert Pittman
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Robert Price
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died of wounds received during the advance of troops across France. Memorial marker at Britanny, France.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 2-3-1945
William Reynolds
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was a veteran of the Sicilian and Italian campaigns and was mentioned in Associated Press dispatches, which The Alumni Review cited as one of the airborne soldiers who were invaluable in preventing German reinforcements from interfering with our forces during the action at Normandy. He received the Presidential Unit Citation for his services at Normandy beachhead. A later newspaper story told of Sgt. Reynolds service during the operations in Holland. He was killed in action at the Battle of the Bulge. They also list his birth year as 1913.
David Pegram
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Crew member of a B-24 that collided with another plane in mid-air. They were returning from a bombing mission to Munich, Germany. Memorial marker at Lorraine, France.
Age at Death: 23
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 6-19-45
Paul Pittman
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died in Baylor Hospital in Dallas, TX following an illness and surgery.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
William Price
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action over Unna, Germany when his plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire and went down. Made 18 missions. First word his wife had was in a letter he had written, to be mailed in the event of his death.
Age at Death: 22
Image Source: CO 1-22-46
John, J.C. Rhyne, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed on his seventh mission when their B-17 was hit by flak. Military services held at a park in Cambridge, England.
Age at Death: 20
Image Source: Family file