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Gold Star Veterans

John McFayden

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Reported missing since his ship sunk 200 miles off the East Coast. The one gold star on the service flag in Anderson Auditorium in Montreat, NC is in his honor.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Kenneth Menzies

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died while in service.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin

John Moore

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died of a heart attack. In the Army since World War I, he was in command of the 22nd Detachment, School Troops, Infantry School at the time of his death.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin

Bill McGinnis

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Volunteered to swim a line to shore through the icy waves, trying to save the foundering USS Pollux off the Newfoundland coast.

Age at Death: 22

Image Source: Carolina Room photo

Lemuel Mewborne

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had been overseas two months at the time of his death.

Age at Death: 21

Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 3-25-1945

Randolph Moore

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed over Germany.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 5-25-1944

Robert McIlwaine

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed on his first mission in action in Saipin.

Age at Death: 22

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Arnott Meyer

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He received notice that he had become a father and went from the island of Kauai to Oahu to tell his own father. His mother had been evacuated to Hollywood after the Pearl Harbor attack. After he visited with his father, he hurried back to his boat so that he could return to Kauai. On his way home, his automobile skidded and rolled, and Arnott was killed.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 11-21-1944

Thomas Moore

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in service in Italy. Memorial Service at Euto Baptist Church in Union County on Dec 17, 1944.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 12-15-1944

Loudean McKee

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He is listed as missing in the European Regions by the Army in April, 1945. His name later appears as killed in the YMCA file.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library