Joseph McElveen
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had been a frequent visitor to Charlotte and surrounding towns in the Carolinas. He was killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 10-21-1944
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Horace Melton
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Possibly killed in action, and buried overseas.
Age at Death: 17
Image Source: newsprint from Yandal collection
James Moore
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Missing and presumed dead.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
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